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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/files
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6 @node Files, Backups and Auto-Saving, Documentation, Top
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7 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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8 @chapter Files
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10 In Emacs, you can find, create, view, save, and otherwise work with
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11 files and file directories. This chapter describes most of the
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12 file-related functions of Emacs Lisp, but a few others are described in
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13 @ref{Buffers}, and those related to backups and auto-saving are
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14 described in @ref{Backups and Auto-Saving}.
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16 Many of the file functions take one or more arguments that are file
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19 @file{~} is handled correctly, as are relative file names (including
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23 @menu
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24 * Visiting Files:: Reading files into Emacs buffers for editing.
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25 * Saving Buffers:: Writing changed buffers back into files.
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26 * Reading from Files:: Reading files into buffers without visiting.
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27 * Writing to Files:: Writing new files from parts of buffers.
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28 * File Locks:: Locking and unlocking files, to prevent
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29 simultaneous editing by two people.
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30 * Information about Files:: Testing existence, accessibility, size of files.
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31 * Changing File Attributes:: Renaming files, changing protection, etc.
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32 * File Names:: Decomposing and expanding file names.
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33 * Contents of Directories:: Getting a list of the files in a directory.
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34 * Create/Delete Dirs:: Creating and Deleting Directories.
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35 * Magic File Names:: Defining "magic" special handling
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38 * Files and MS-DOS:: Distinguishing text and binary files on MS-DOS.
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39 @end menu
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41 @node Visiting Files
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42 @section Visiting Files
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43 @cindex finding files
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44 @cindex visiting files
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50 A file and a buffer are two different things. A file is information
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68 @menu
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69 * Visiting Functions:: The usual interface functions for visiting.
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70 * Subroutines of Visiting:: Lower-level subroutines that they use.
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73 @node Visiting Functions
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74 @subsection Functions for Visiting Files
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76 This section describes the functions normally used to visit files.
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104 @end deffn
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107 This function is the guts of all the file-visiting functions. It finds
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110 buffer and reads the file into it. You may make the buffer current or
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115 saved in that buffer. If the file has changed, then this function asks
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120 file named @var{filename}, it displays the message @samp{New file} in
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121 the echo area, and leaves the buffer empty.
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123 The @code{find-file-noselect} function calls @code{after-find-file}
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124 after reading the file (@pxref{Subroutines of Visiting}). That function
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125 sets the buffer major mode, parses local variables, warns the user if
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126 there exists an auto-save file more recent than the file just visited,
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127 and finishes by running the functions in @code{find-file-hooks}.
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129 The @code{find-file-noselect} function returns the buffer that is
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130 visiting the file @var{filename}.
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132 @example
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133 @group
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134 (find-file-noselect "/etc/fstab")
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135 @result{} #<buffer fstab>
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136 @end group
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137 @end example
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138 @end defun
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140 @deffn Command find-file-other-window filename
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141 This command selects a buffer visiting the file @var{filename}, but
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142 does so in a window other than the selected window. It may use another
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143 existing window or split a window; see @ref{Displaying Buffers}.
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145 When this command is called interactively, it prompts for
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146 @var{filename}.
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147 @end deffn
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149 @deffn Command find-file-read-only filename
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150 This command selects a buffer visiting the file @var{filename}, like
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151 @code{find-file}, but it marks the buffer as read-only. @xref{Read Only
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152 Buffers}, for related functions and variables.
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225 It uses @code{generate-new-buffer} (@pxref{Creating Buffers}).
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241 If @var{warn} is non-@code{nil}, then this function issues a warning
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258 This function saves the contents of the current buffer in its visited
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271 @code{save-buffer} function marks this version of the file to be
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276 @code{save-buffer} function unconditionally backs up the previous
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335 @code{remove-hook} to manipulate the list. @xref{Hooks}.
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336 @end defvar
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348 @end defvar
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357 This variable automatically becomes buffer-local whenever it is set;
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358 switching to a new major mode always resets this variable. When you use
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359 @code{add-hooks} to add an element to this hook, you should @emph{not}
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366 This normal hook runs after a buffer has been saved in its visited file.
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378 or Copy}. Yet, at the same time, saving a precious file always breaks
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379 all hard links between the file you save and other file names.
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406 If the specified file already exists, @code{set-visited-file-name}
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430 If @var{visit} is non-@code{nil}, this function additionally marks the
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459 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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518 @section File Locks
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519 @cindex file locks
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532 modification of a buffer visiting a file changed on disk catches some
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550 This function locks the file @var{filename}, if the current buffer is
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557 This function unlocks the file being visited in the current buffer,
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560 does nothing if the current buffer is not visiting a file.
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564 This function is called when the user tries to modify @var{file}, but it
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571 this user may edit the file and @var{other-user} loses the lock.
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590 name of the user who has locked the file.
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624 This function returns @code{t} if a file named @var{filename} appears
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655 @c Emacs 19 feature
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656 @defun file-executable-p filename
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657 This function returns @code{t} if a file named @var{filename} exists and
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658 you can execute it. It returns @code{nil} otherwise. If the file is a
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659 directory, execute permission means you can check the existence and
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660 attributes of files inside the directory, and open those files if their
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661 modes permit.
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662 @end defun
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664 @defun file-writable-p filename
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665 This function returns @code{t} if the file @var{filename} can be written
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666 or created by you, and @code{nil} otherwise. A file is writable if the
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667 file exists and you can write it. It is creatable if it does not exist,
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668 but the specified directory does exist and you can write in that
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669 directory.
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671 In the third example below, @file{foo} is not writable because the
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672 parent directory does not exist, even though the user could create such
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673 a directory.
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675 @example
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676 @group
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677 (file-writable-p "~/foo")
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678 @result{} t
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679 @end group
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680 @group
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681 (file-writable-p "/foo")
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682 @result{} nil
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683 @end group
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684 @group
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685 (file-writable-p "~/no-such-dir/foo")
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686 @result{} nil
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687 @end group
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688 @end example
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689 @end defun
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690
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691 @c Emacs 19 feature
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692 @defun file-accessible-directory-p dirname
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693 This function returns @code{t} if you have permission to open existing
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694 files in the directory whose name as a file is @var{dirname}; otherwise
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695 (or if there is no such directory), it returns @code{nil}. The value
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696 of @var{dirname} may be either a directory name or the file name of a
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697 directory.
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698
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701 @example
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702 (file-accessible-directory-p "/foo")
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703 @result{} nil
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704 @end example
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705
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706 @noindent
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707 we can deduce that any attempt to read a file in @file{/foo/} will
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708 give an error.
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709 @end defun
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710
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711 @defun file-ownership-preserved-p filename
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712 This function returns @code{t} if deleting the file @var{filename} and
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713 then creating it anew would keep the file's owner unchanged.
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714 @end defun
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715
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716 @defun file-newer-than-file-p filename1 filename2
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717 @cindex file age
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718 @cindex file modification time
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719 This function returns @code{t} if the file @var{filename1} is
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720 newer than file @var{filename2}. If @var{filename1} does not
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721 exist, it returns @code{nil}. If @var{filename2} does not exist,
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722 it returns @code{t}.
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723
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724 In the following example, assume that the file @file{aug-19} was written
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725 on the 19th, @file{aug-20} was written on the 20th, and the file
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726 @file{no-file} doesn't exist at all.
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727
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728 @example
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729 @group
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730 (file-newer-than-file-p "aug-19" "aug-20")
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731 @result{} nil
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732 @end group
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733 @group
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734 (file-newer-than-file-p "aug-20" "aug-19")
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735 @result{} t
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736 @end group
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737 @group
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738 (file-newer-than-file-p "aug-19" "no-file")
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739 @result{} t
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740 @end group
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741 @group
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742 (file-newer-than-file-p "no-file" "aug-19")
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743 @result{} nil
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744 @end group
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745 @end example
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746
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747 You can use @code{file-attributes} to get a file's last modification
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748 time as a list of two numbers. @xref{File Attributes}.
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749 @end defun
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750
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751 @node Kinds of Files
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752 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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753 @subsection Distinguishing Kinds of Files
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754
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755 This section describes how to distinguish various kinds of files, such
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756 as directories, symbolic links, and ordinary files.
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758 @defun file-symlink-p filename
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759 @cindex file symbolic links
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760 If the file @var{filename} is a symbolic link, the @code{file-symlink-p}
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761 function returns the file name to which it is linked. This may be the
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762 name of a text file, a directory, or even another symbolic link, or it
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763 may be a nonexistent file name.
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764
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765 If the file @var{filename} is not a symbolic link (or there is no such file),
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766 @code{file-symlink-p} returns @code{nil}.
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767
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768 @example
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769 @group
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770 (file-symlink-p "foo")
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771 @result{} nil
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772 @end group
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773 @group
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774 (file-symlink-p "sym-link")
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775 @result{} "foo"
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776 @end group
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777 @group
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778 (file-symlink-p "sym-link2")
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779 @result{} "sym-link"
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780 @end group
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781 @group
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782 (file-symlink-p "/bin")
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783 @result{} "/pub/bin"
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784 @end group
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787 @c !!! file-symlink-p: should show output of ls -l for comparison
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788 @end defun
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789
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790 @defun file-directory-p filename
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791 This function returns @code{t} if @var{filename} is the name of an
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792 existing directory, @code{nil} otherwise.
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794 @example
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795 @group
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796 (file-directory-p "~rms")
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797 @result{} t
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799 @group
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801 @result{} nil
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805 @result{} nil
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809 @result{} nil
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813 (substitute-in-file-name "$HOME"))
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814 @result{} t
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819 @defun file-regular-p filename
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820 This function returns @code{t} if the file @var{filename} exists and is
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821 a regular file (not a directory, symbolic link, named pipe, terminal, or
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822 other I/O device).
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826 @subsection Truenames
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827 @cindex truename (of file)
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829 @c Emacs 19 features
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830 The @dfn{truename} of a file is the name that you get by following
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831 symbolic links until none remain, then expanding to get rid of @samp{.}
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832 and @samp{..} as components. Strictly speaking, a file need not have a
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833 unique truename; the number of distinct truenames a file has is equal to
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834 the number of hard links to the file. However, truenames are useful
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835 because they eliminate symbolic links as a cause of name variation.
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836
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837 @defun file-truename filename
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838 The function @code{file-truename} returns the true name of the file
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839 @var{filename}. This is the name that you get by following symbolic
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840 links until none remain. The argument must be an absolute file name.
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841 @end defun
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842
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843 @xref{Buffer File Name}, for related information.
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844
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845 @node File Attributes
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846 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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847 @subsection Other Information about Files
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848
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849 This section describes the functions for getting detailed information
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850 about a file, other than its contents. This information includes the
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851 mode bits that control access permission, the owner and group numbers,
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852 the number of names, the inode number, the size, and the times of access
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853 and modification.
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854
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855 @defun file-modes filename
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856 @cindex permission
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857 @cindex file attributes
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858 This function returns the mode bits of @var{filename}, as an integer.
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859 The mode bits are also called the file permissions, and they specify
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860 access control in the usual Unix fashion. If the low-order bit is 1,
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861 then the file is executable by all users, if the second-lowest-order bit
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863
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864 The highest value returnable is 4095 (7777 octal), meaning that
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865 everyone has read, write, and execute permission, that the @sc{suid} bit
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867
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868 @example
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869 @group
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870 (file-modes "~/junk/diffs")
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871 @result{} 492 ; @r{Decimal integer.}
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872 @end group
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873 @group
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874 (format "%o" 492)
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875 @result{} "754" ; @r{Convert to octal.}
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876 @end group
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878 @group
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879 (set-file-modes "~/junk/diffs" 438)
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880 @result{} nil
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881 @end group
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882
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883 @group
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884 (format "%o" 438)
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885 @result{} "666" ; @r{Convert to octal.}
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886 @end group
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887
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888 @group
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889 % ls -l diffs
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890 -rw-rw-rw- 1 lewis 0 3063 Oct 30 16:00 diffs
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891 @end group
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892 @end example
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893 @end defun
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894
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895 @defun file-nlinks filename
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896 This functions returns the number of names (i.e., hard links) that
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897 file @var{filename} has. If the file does not exist, then this function
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898 returns @code{nil}. Note that symbolic links have no effect on this
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899 function, because they are not considered to be names of the files they
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900 link to.
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901
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902 @example
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903 @group
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904 % ls -l foo*
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905 -rw-rw-rw- 2 rms 4 Aug 19 01:27 foo
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906 -rw-rw-rw- 2 rms 4 Aug 19 01:27 foo1
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907 @end group
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908
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909 @group
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910 (file-nlinks "foo")
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911 @result{} 2
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912 @end group
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913 @group
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914 (file-nlinks "doesnt-exist")
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915 @result{} nil
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916 @end group
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917 @end example
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918 @end defun
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919
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920 @defun file-attributes filename
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921 This function returns a list of attributes of file @var{filename}. If
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922 the specified file cannot be opened, it returns @code{nil}.
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923
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924 The elements of the list, in order, are:
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925
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926 @enumerate 0
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927 @item
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928 @code{t} for a directory, a string for a symbolic link (the name
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929 linked to), or @code{nil} for a text file.
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930
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931 @c Wordy so as to prevent an overfull hbox. --rjc 15mar92
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932 @item
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933 The number of names the file has. Alternate names, also known as hard
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934 links, can be created by using the @code{add-name-to-file} function
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935 (@pxref{Changing File Attributes}).
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937 @item
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938 The file's @sc{uid}.
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939
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940 @item
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941 The file's @sc{gid}.
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942
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943 @item
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944 The time of last access, as a list of two integers.
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945 The first integer has the high-order 16 bits of time,
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946 the second has the low 16 bits. (This is similar to the
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947 value of @code{current-time}; see @ref{Time of Day}.)
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948
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949 @item
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951
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952 @item
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953 The time of last status change as a list of two integers (as above).
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955 @item
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956 The size of the file in bytes.
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957
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958 @item
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961
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965
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967 The file's inode number. If possible, this is an integer. If the inode
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968 number is too large to be represented as an integer in Emacs Lisp, then
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974 element and the file's inode number together give enough information to
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975 distinguish any two files on the system---no two files can have the same
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976 values for both of these numbers.
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982 @group
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983 (file-attributes "files.texi")
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984 @result{} (nil
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999 @noindent
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1008 directory).
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1009
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1013 @item 75
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1014 is in the group with @sc{gid} 75.
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1016 @item (8489 20284)
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1025 @item 14906
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1026 is 14906 characters long.
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1027
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1028 @item "-rw-rw-rw-"
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1029 has a mode of read and write access for the owner, group, and world.
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1031 @item nil
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1034 @item 129500
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1036 @item -32252
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1037 is on file system number -32252.
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1038 @end table
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1039 @end defun
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1040
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1041 @node Changing File Attributes
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1042 @section Changing File Names and Attributes
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1043 @cindex renaming files
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1044 @cindex copying files
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1045 @cindex deleting files
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1046 @cindex linking files
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1047 @cindex setting modes of files
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1048
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1049 The functions in this section rename, copy, delete, link, and set the
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1050 modes of files.
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1051
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1052 In the functions that have an argument @var{newname}, if a file by the
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1053 name of @var{newname} already exists, the actions taken depend on the
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1054 value of the argument @var{ok-if-already-exists}:
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1056 @itemize @bullet
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1057 @item
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1058 Signal a @code{file-already-exists} error if
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1059 @var{ok-if-already-exists} is @code{nil}.
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1061 @item
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1062 Request confirmation if @var{ok-if-already-exists} is a number.
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1064 @item
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1065 Replace the old file without confirmation if @var{ok-if-already-exists}
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1066 is any other value.
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1067 @end itemize
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1068
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1069 @defun add-name-to-file oldname newname &optional ok-if-already-exists
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1070 @cindex file with multiple names
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1071 @cindex file hard link
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1072 This function gives the file named @var{oldname} the additional name
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1073 @var{newname}. This means that @var{newname} becomes a new ``hard
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1074 link'' to @var{oldname}.
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1075
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1076 In the first part of the following example, we list two files,
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1077 @file{foo} and @file{foo3}.
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1078
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1079 @example
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1080 @group
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1081 % ls -l fo*
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1082 -rw-rw-rw- 1 rms 29 Aug 18 20:32 foo
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1083 -rw-rw-rw- 1 rms 24 Aug 18 20:31 foo3
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1084 @end group
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1085 @end example
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1089 @file{foo2}.
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1090
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1091 @example
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1092 @group
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1093 (add-name-to-file "~/lewis/foo1" "~/lewis/foo2")
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1094 @result{} nil
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1095 @end group
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1096
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1097 @group
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1098 % ls -l fo*
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1099 -rw-rw-rw- 2 rms 29 Aug 18 20:32 foo
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1100 -rw-rw-rw- 2 rms 29 Aug 18 20:32 foo2
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1101 -rw-rw-rw- 1 rms 24 Aug 18 20:31 foo3
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1102 @end group
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1103 @end example
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1104
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1105 @c !!! Check whether this set of examples is consistent. --rjc 15mar92
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1106 Finally, we evaluate the following:
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1108 @example
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1109 (add-name-to-file "~/lewis/foo" "~/lewis/foo3" t)
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1110 @end example
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1111
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1112 @noindent
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1113 and list the files again. Now there are three names
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1114 for one file: @file{foo}, @file{foo2}, and @file{foo3}. The old
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1115 contents of @file{foo3} are lost.
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1116
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1117 @example
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1118 @group
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1119 (add-name-to-file "~/lewis/foo1" "~/lewis/foo3")
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1120 @result{} nil
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1121 @end group
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1123 @group
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1124 % ls -l fo*
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1125 -rw-rw-rw- 3 rms 29 Aug 18 20:32 foo
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1126 -rw-rw-rw- 3 rms 29 Aug 18 20:32 foo2
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1127 -rw-rw-rw- 3 rms 29 Aug 18 20:32 foo3
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1128 @end group
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1129 @end example
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1130
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1131 This function is meaningless on VMS, where multiple names for one file
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1132 are not allowed.
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1133
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1134 See also @code{file-nlinks} in @ref{File Attributes}.
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1135 @end defun
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1136
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1137 @deffn Command rename-file filename newname &optional ok-if-already-exists
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1138 This command renames the file @var{filename} as @var{newname}.
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1139
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1140 If @var{filename} has additional names aside from @var{filename}, it
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1141 continues to have those names. In fact, adding the name @var{newname}
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1143 same effect as renaming, aside from momentary intermediate states.
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1144
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1145 In an interactive call, this function prompts for @var{filename} and
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1146 @var{newname} in the minibuffer; also, it requests confirmation if
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1147 @var{newname} already exists.
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1148 @end deffn
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1149
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1150 @deffn Command copy-file oldname newname &optional ok-if-exists time
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1151 This command copies the file @var{oldname} to @var{newname}. An
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1152 error is signaled if @var{oldname} does not exist.
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1153
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1154 If @var{time} is non-@code{nil}, then this functions gives the new
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1155 file the same last-modified time that the old one has. (This works on
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1158 In an interactive call, this function prompts for @var{filename} and
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1159 @var{newname} in the minibuffer; also, it requests confirmation if
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1160 @var{newname} already exists.
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1161 @end deffn
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1162
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1163 @deffn Command delete-file filename
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1164 @pindex rm
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1165 This command deletes the file @var{filename}, like the shell command
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1166 @samp{rm @var{filename}}. If the file has multiple names, it continues
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1167 to exist under the other names.
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1168
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1172
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1174 @end deffn
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1175
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1176 @deffn Command make-symbolic-link filename newname &optional ok-if-exists
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1177 @pindex ln
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1178 @kindex file-already-exists
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1179 This command makes a symbolic link to @var{filename}, named
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1180 @var{newname}. This is like the shell command @samp{ln -s
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1181 @var{filename} @var{newname}}.
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1182
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1183 In an interactive call, this function prompts for @var{filename} and
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1184 @var{newname} in the minibuffer; also, it requests confirmation if
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1185 @var{newname} already exists.
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1186 @end deffn
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1188 @defun define-logical-name varname string
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1189 This function defines the logical name @var{name} to have the value
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1190 @var{string}. It is available only on VMS.
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1191 @end defun
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1192
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1193 @defun set-file-modes filename mode
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1194 This function sets mode bits of @var{filename} to @var{mode} (which must
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1195 be an integer). Only the low 12 bits of @var{mode} are used.
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1196 @end defun
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1198 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1199 @defun set-default-file-modes mode
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1200 This function sets the default file protection for new files created by
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1201 Emacs and its subprocesses. Every file created with Emacs initially has
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1202 this protection. On Unix, the default protection is the bitwise
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1203 complement of the ``umask'' value.
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1204
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1205 The argument @var{mode} must be an integer. Only the low 9 bits of
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1206 @var{mode} are used.
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1207
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1208 Saving a modified version of an existing file does not count as creating
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1209 the file; it does not change the file's mode, and does not use the
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1210 default file protection.
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1211 @end defun
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1212
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1213 @defun default-file-modes
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1214 This function returns the current default protection value.
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1215 @end defun
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1216
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1217 @cindex MS-DOS and file modes
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1218 @cindex file modes and MS-DOS
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1219 On MS-DOS, there is no such thing as an ``executable'' file mode bit.
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1220 So Emacs considers a file executable if its name ends in @samp{.com},
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1221 @samp{.bat} or @samp{.exe}. This is reflected in the values returned
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1222 by @code{file-modes} and @code{file-attributes}.
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1223
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1224 @node File Names
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1225 @section File Names
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1226 @cindex file names
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1227
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1228 Files are generally referred to by their names, in Emacs as elsewhere.
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1229 File names in Emacs are represented as strings. The functions that
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1230 operate on a file all expect a file name argument.
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1231
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1232 In addition to operating on files themselves, Emacs Lisp programs
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1233 often need to operate on the names; i.e., to take them apart and to use
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1234 part of a name to construct related file names. This section describes
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1235 how to manipulate file names.
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1236
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1237 The functions in this section do not actually access files, so they
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1238 can operate on file names that do not refer to an existing file or
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1239 directory.
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1240
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1241 On VMS, all these functions understand both VMS file-name syntax and
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1242 Unix syntax. This is so that all the standard Lisp libraries can
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1243 specify file names in Unix syntax and work properly on VMS without
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1244 change. On MS-DOS, these functions understand MS-DOS file-name syntax
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1245 as well as Unix syntax.
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1246
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1247 @menu
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1248 * File Name Components:: The directory part of a file name, and the rest.
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1249 * Directory Names:: A directory's name as a directory
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1250 is different from its name as a file.
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1251 * Relative File Names:: Some file names are relative to a current directory.
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1252 * File Name Expansion:: Converting relative file names to absolute ones.
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1253 * Unique File Names:: Generating names for temporary files.
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1254 * File Name Completion:: Finding the completions for a given file name.
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1255 * Standard File Names:: If your package uses a fixed file name,
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1256 how to handle various operating systems simply.
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1257 @end menu
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1258
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1259 @node File Name Components
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1260 @subsection File Name Components
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1261 @cindex directory part (of file name)
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1262 @cindex nondirectory part (of file name)
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1263 @cindex version number (in file name)
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1264
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1265 The operating system groups files into directories. To specify a
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1266 file, you must specify the directory and the file's name within that
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1267 directory. Therefore, Emacs considers a file name as having two main
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1268 parts: the @dfn{directory name} part, and the @dfn{nondirectory} part
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1269 (or @dfn{file name within the directory}). Either part may be empty.
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1270 Concatenating these two parts reproduces the original file name.
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1271
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1272 On Unix, the directory part is everything up to and including the last
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1273 slash; the nondirectory part is the rest. The rules in VMS syntax are
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1274 complicated.
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1275
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1276 For some purposes, the nondirectory part is further subdivided into
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1277 the name proper and the @dfn{version number}. On Unix, only backup
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1278 files have version numbers in their names; on VMS, every file has a
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1279 version number, but most of the time the file name actually used in
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1280 Emacs omits the version number. Version numbers are found mostly in
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1281 directory lists.
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1282
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1283 @defun file-name-directory filename
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1284 This function returns the directory part of @var{filename} (or
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1285 @code{nil} if @var{filename} does not include a directory part). On
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1286 Unix, the function returns a string ending in a slash. On VMS, it
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1287 returns a string ending in one of the three characters @samp{:},
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1288 @samp{]}, or @samp{>}.
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1289
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1290 @example
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1291 @group
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1292 (file-name-directory "lewis/foo") ; @r{Unix example}
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1293 @result{} "lewis/"
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1294 @end group
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1295 @group
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1296 (file-name-directory "foo") ; @r{Unix example}
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1297 @result{} nil
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1298 @end group
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1299 @group
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1300 (file-name-directory "[X]FOO.TMP") ; @r{VMS example}
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1301 @result{} "[X]"
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1302 @end group
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1303 @end example
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1304 @end defun
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1306 @defun file-name-nondirectory filename
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1307 This function returns the nondirectory part of @var{filename}.
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1309 @example
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1310 @group
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1311 (file-name-nondirectory "lewis/foo")
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1312 @result{} "foo"
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1313 @end group
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1314 @group
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1315 (file-name-nondirectory "foo")
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1316 @result{} "foo"
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1317 @end group
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1318 @group
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1319 ;; @r{The following example is accurate only on VMS.}
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1320 (file-name-nondirectory "[X]FOO.TMP")
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1321 @result{} "FOO.TMP"
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1322 @end group
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1323 @end example
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1324 @end defun
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1326 @defun file-name-sans-versions filename
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1327 This function returns @var{filename} without any file version numbers,
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1328 backup version numbers, or trailing tildes.
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1329
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1330 @example
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1331 @group
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1332 (file-name-sans-versions "~rms/foo.~1~")
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1333 @result{} "~rms/foo"
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1334 @end group
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1335 @group
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1336 (file-name-sans-versions "~rms/foo~")
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1337 @result{} "~rms/foo"
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1338 @end group
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1339 @group
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1340 (file-name-sans-versions "~rms/foo")
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1341 @result{} "~rms/foo"
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1342 @end group
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1343 @group
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1344 ;; @r{The following example applies to VMS only.}
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1345 (file-name-sans-versions "foo;23")
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1346 @result{} "foo"
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1347 @end group
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1348 @end example
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1349 @end defun
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1350
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1351 @defun file-name-sans-extension filename
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1352 This function returns @var{filename} minus its ``extension,'' if any.
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1353 The extension, in a file name, is the part that starts with the last
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1354 @samp{.} in the last name component. For example,
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1355
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1356 @example
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1357 (file-name-sans-extension "foo.lose.c")
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1358 @result{} "foo.lose"
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1359 (file-name-sans-extension "big.hack/foo")
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1360 @result{} "big.hack/foo"
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1361 @end example
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1362 @end defun
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1363
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1364 @node Directory Names
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1365 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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1366 @subsection Directory Names
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1367 @cindex directory name
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1368 @cindex file name of directory
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1369
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1370 A @dfn{directory name} is the name of a directory. A directory is a
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1371 kind of file, and it has a file name, which is related to the directory
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1372 name but not identical to it. (This is not quite the same as the usual
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1373 Unix terminology.) These two different names for the same entity are
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1374 related by a syntactic transformation. On Unix, this is simple: a
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1375 directory name ends in a slash, whereas the directory's name as a file
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1376 lacks that slash. On VMS, the relationship is more complicated.
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1377
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1378 The difference between a directory name and its name as a file is
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1379 subtle but crucial. When an Emacs variable or function argument is
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1380 described as being a directory name, a file name of a directory is not
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1381 acceptable.
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1382
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1383 The following two functions convert between directory names and file
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1384 names. They do nothing special with environment variable substitutions
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1385 such as @samp{$HOME}, and the constructs @samp{~}, and @samp{..}.
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1387 @defun file-name-as-directory filename
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1388 This function returns a string representing @var{filename} in a form
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1389 that the operating system will interpret as the name of a directory. In
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1390 Unix, this means appending a slash to the string. On VMS, the function
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1391 converts a string of the form @file{[X]Y.DIR.1} to the form
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1392 @file{[X.Y]}.
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1393
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1394 @example
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1395 @group
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1396 (file-name-as-directory "~rms/lewis")
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1397 @result{} "~rms/lewis/"
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1398 @end group
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1399 @end example
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1400 @end defun
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1401
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1402 @defun directory-file-name dirname
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1403 This function returns a string representing @var{dirname} in a form
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1404 that the operating system will interpret as the name of a file. On
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1405 Unix, this means removing a final slash from the string. On VMS, the
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1406 function converts a string of the form @file{[X.Y]} to
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1407 @file{[X]Y.DIR.1}.
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1408
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1409 @example
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1410 @group
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1411 (directory-file-name "~lewis/")
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1412 @result{} "~lewis"
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1413 @end group
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1414 @end example
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1415 @end defun
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1416
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1417 @cindex directory name abbreviation
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1418 Directory name abbreviations are useful for directories that are
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1419 normally accessed through symbolic links. Sometimes the users recognize
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1420 primarily the link's name as ``the name'' of the directory, and find it
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1421 annoying to see the directory's ``real'' name. If you define the link
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1422 name as an abbreviation for the ``real'' name, Emacs shows users the
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1423 abbreviation instead.
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1424
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1425 @defvar directory-abbrev-alist
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1426 The variable @code{directory-abbrev-alist} contains an alist of
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1427 abbreviations to use for file directories. Each element has the form
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1428 @code{(@var{from} . @var{to})}, and says to replace @var{from} with
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1429 @var{to} when it appears in a directory name. The @var{from} string is
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1430 actually a regular expression; it should always start with @samp{^}.
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1431 The function @code{abbreviate-file-name} performs these substitutions.
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1432
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1433 You can set this variable in @file{site-init.el} to describe the
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1434 abbreviations appropriate for your site.
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1435
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1436 Here's an example, from a system on which file system @file{/home/fsf}
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1437 and so on are normally accessed through symbolic links named @file{/fsf}
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1438 and so on.
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1439
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1440 @example
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1441 (("^/home/fsf" . "/fsf")
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1442 ("^/home/gp" . "/gp")
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1443 ("^/home/gd" . "/gd"))
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1444 @end example
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1445 @end defvar
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1446
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1447 To convert a directory name to its abbreviation, use this
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1448 function:
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1449
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1450 @defun abbreviate-file-name dirname
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1451 This function applies abbreviations from @code{directory-abbrev-alist}
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1452 to its argument, and substitutes @samp{~} for the user's home
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1453 directory.
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1454 @end defun
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1455
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1456 @node Relative File Names
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1457 @subsection Absolute and Relative File Names
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1458 @cindex absolute file name
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1459 @cindex relative file name
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1460
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1461 All the directories in the file system form a tree starting at the
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1462 root directory. A file name can specify all the directory names
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1463 starting from the root of the tree; then it is called an @dfn{absolute}
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1464 file name. Or it can specify the position of the file in the tree
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1465 relative to a default directory; then it is called a @dfn{relative}
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1466 file name. On Unix, an absolute file name starts with a slash or a
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1467 tilde (@samp{~}), and a relative one does not. The rules on VMS are
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1468 complicated.
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1469
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1470 @defun file-name-absolute-p filename
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1471 This function returns @code{t} if file @var{filename} is an absolute
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1472 file name, @code{nil} otherwise. On VMS, this function understands both
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1473 Unix syntax and VMS syntax.
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1474
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1475 @example
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1476 @group
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1477 (file-name-absolute-p "~rms/foo")
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1478 @result{} t
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1479 @end group
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1480 @group
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1481 (file-name-absolute-p "rms/foo")
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1482 @result{} nil
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1483 @end group
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1484 @group
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1485 (file-name-absolute-p "/user/rms/foo")
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1486 @result{} t
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1487 @end group
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1488 @end example
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1489 @end defun
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1490
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1491 @node File Name Expansion
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1492 @subsection Functions that Expand Filenames
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1493 @cindex expansion of file names
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1494
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1495 @dfn{Expansion} of a file name means converting a relative file name
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1496 to an absolute one. Since this is done relative to a default directory,
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1497 you must specify the default directory name as well as the file name to
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1498 be expanded. Expansion also simplifies file names by eliminating
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1499 redundancies such as @file{./} and @file{@var{name}/../}.
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1500
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1501 @defun expand-file-name filename &optional directory
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1502 This function converts @var{filename} to an absolute file name. If
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1503 @var{directory} is supplied, it is the directory to start with if
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1504 @var{filename} is relative. (The value of @var{directory} should itself
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1505 be an absolute directory name; it may start with @samp{~}.)
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1506 Otherwise, the current buffer's value of @code{default-directory} is
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1507 used. For example:
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1508
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1509 @example
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1510 @group
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1511 (expand-file-name "foo")
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1512 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/foo"
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1513 @end group
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1514 @group
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1515 (expand-file-name "../foo")
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1516 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/foo"
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1517 @end group
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1518 @group
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1519 (expand-file-name "foo" "/usr/spool/")
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1520 @result{} "/usr/spool/foo"
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1521 @end group
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1522 @group
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1523 (expand-file-name "$HOME/foo")
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1524 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/$HOME/foo"
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1525 @end group
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1526 @end example
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1527
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1528 Filenames containing @samp{.} or @samp{..} are simplified to their
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1529 canonical form:
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1530
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1531 @example
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1532 @group
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1533 (expand-file-name "bar/../foo")
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1534 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/foo"
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1535 @end group
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1536 @end example
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1537
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1538 @samp{~/} is expanded into the user's home directory. A @samp{/} or
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1539 @samp{~} following a @samp{/} is taken to be the start of an absolute
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1540 file name that overrides what precedes it, so everything before that
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1541 @samp{/} or @samp{~} is deleted. For example:
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1542
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1543 @example
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1544 @group
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1545 (expand-file-name
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1546 "/a1/gnu//usr/local/lib/emacs/etc/MACHINES")
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1547 @result{} "/usr/local/lib/emacs/etc/MACHINES"
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1548 @end group
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1549 @group
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1550 (expand-file-name "/a1/gnu/~/foo")
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1551 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/foo"
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1552 @end group
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1553 @end example
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1554
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1555 @noindent
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1556 In both cases, @file{/a1/gnu/} is discarded because an absolute file
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1557 name follows it.
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1558
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1559 Note that @code{expand-file-name} does @emph{not} expand environment
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1560 variables; only @code{substitute-in-file-name} does that.
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1561 @end defun
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1562
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1563 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1564 @defun file-relative-name filename directory
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1565 This function does the inverse of expansion---it tries to return a
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1567 relative to @var{directory}.
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1568
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1569 On some operating systems, an absolute file name begins with a device
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1570 name. On such systems, @var{filename} has no relative equivalent based
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1572 this case, @code{file-relative-name} returns @var{filename} in absolute
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1573 form.
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1575 @example
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1576 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/foo/")
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1577 @result{} "bar")
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1578 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/hack/")
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1579 @result{} "/foo/bar")
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1580 @end example
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1581 @end defun
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1582
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1583 @defvar default-directory
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1584 The value of this buffer-local variable is the default directory for the
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1585 current buffer. It should be an absolute directory name; it may start
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1586 with @samp{~}. This variable is local in every buffer.
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1587
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1588 @code{expand-file-name} uses the default directory when its second
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1589 argument is @code{nil}.
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1590
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1591 On Unix systems, the value is always a string ending with a slash.
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1592
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1593 @example
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1594 @group
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1595 default-directory
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1596 @result{} "/user/lewis/manual/"
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1597 @end group
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1598 @end example
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1599 @end defvar
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1600
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1601 @defun substitute-in-file-name filename
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1602 This function replaces environment variables references in
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1603 @var{filename} with the environment variable values. Following standard
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1604 Unix shell syntax, @samp{$} is the prefix to substitute an environment
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1605 variable value.
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1606
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1607 The environment variable name is the series of alphanumeric characters
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1608 (including underscores) that follow the @samp{$}. If the character following
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1609 the @samp{$} is a @samp{@{}, then the variable name is everything up to the
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1610 matching @samp{@}}.
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1611
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1612 @c Wordy to avoid overfull hbox. --rjc 15mar92
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1613 Here we assume that the environment variable @code{HOME}, which holds
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1614 the user's home directory name, has value @samp{/xcssun/users/rms}.
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1615
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1616 @example
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1617 @group
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1618 (substitute-in-file-name "$HOME/foo")
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1619 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/foo"
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1620 @end group
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1621 @end example
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1622
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1623 If a @samp{~} or a @samp{/} appears following a @samp{/}, after
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1624 substitution, everything before the following @samp{/} is discarded:
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1625
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1626 @example
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1627 @group
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1628 (substitute-in-file-name "bar/~/foo")
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1629 @result{} "~/foo"
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1630 @end group
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1631 @group
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1632 (substitute-in-file-name "/usr/local/$HOME/foo")
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1633 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/foo"
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1634 @end group
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1635 @end example
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1637 On VMS, @samp{$} substitution is not done, so this function does nothing
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1638 on VMS except discard superfluous initial components as shown above.
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1639 @end defun
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1640
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1641 @node Unique File Names
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1642 @subsection Generating Unique File Names
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1643
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1644 Some programs need to write temporary files. Here is the usual way to
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1645 construct a name for such a file:
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1646
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1647 @example
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1648 (make-temp-name (concat "/tmp/" @var{name-of-application}))
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1649 @end example
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1650
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1651 @noindent
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1652 Here we use the directory @file{/tmp/} because that is the standard
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1653 place on Unix for temporary files. The job of @code{make-temp-name} is
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1654 to prevent two different users or two different jobs from trying to use
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1655 the same name.
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1656
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1657 @defun make-temp-name string
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1658 This function generates string that can be used as a unique name. The
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1659 name starts with @var{string}, and ends with a number that is different
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1660 in each Emacs job.
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1662 @example
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1663 @group
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1664 (make-temp-name "/tmp/foo")
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1665 @result{} "/tmp/foo021304"
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1666 @end group
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1667 @end example
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1668
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1669 To prevent conflicts among different libraries running in the same
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1670 Emacs, each Lisp program that uses @code{make-temp-name} should have its
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1671 own @var{string}. The number added to the end of the name distinguishes
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1672 between the same application running in different Emacs jobs.
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1673 @end defun
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1674
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1675 @node File Name Completion
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1676 @subsection File Name Completion
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1677 @cindex file name completion subroutines
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1678 @cindex completion, file name
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1679
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1680 This section describes low-level subroutines for completing a file
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1681 name. For other completion functions, see @ref{Completion}.
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1682
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1683 @defun file-name-all-completions partial-filename directory
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1684 This function returns a list of all possible completions for a file
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1685 whose name starts with @var{partial-filename} in directory
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1686 @var{directory}. The order of the completions is the order of the files
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1687 in the directory, which is unpredictable and conveys no useful
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1688 information.
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1689
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1690 The argument @var{partial-filename} must be a file name containing no
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1691 directory part and no slash. The current buffer's default directory is
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1692 prepended to @var{directory}, if @var{directory} is not absolute.
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1693
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1694 In the following example, suppose that @file{~rms/lewis} is the current
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1695 default directory, and has five files whose names begin with @samp{f}:
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1696 @file{foo}, @file{file~}, @file{file.c}, @file{file.c.~1~}, and
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1697 @file{file.c.~2~}.@refill
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1698
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1699 @example
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1700 @group
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1701 (file-name-all-completions "f" "")
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1702 @result{} ("foo" "file~" "file.c.~2~"
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1703 "file.c.~1~" "file.c")
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1704 @end group
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1705
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1706 @group
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1707 (file-name-all-completions "fo" "")
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1708 @result{} ("foo")
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1709 @end group
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1710 @end example
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1711 @end defun
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1713 @defun file-name-completion filename directory
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1714 This function completes the file name @var{filename} in directory
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1715 @var{directory}. It returns the longest prefix common to all file names
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1716 in directory @var{directory} that start with @var{filename}.
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1717
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1718 If only one match exists and @var{filename} matches it exactly, the
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1719 function returns @code{t}. The function returns @code{nil} if directory
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1720 @var{directory} contains no name starting with @var{filename}.
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1721
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1722 In the following example, suppose that the current default directory
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1723 has five files whose names begin with @samp{f}: @file{foo},
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1724 @file{file~}, @file{file.c}, @file{file.c.~1~}, and
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1725 @file{file.c.~2~}.@refill
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1726
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1727 @example
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1728 @group
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1729 (file-name-completion "fi" "")
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1730 @result{} "file"
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1731 @end group
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1732
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1733 @group
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1734 (file-name-completion "file.c.~1" "")
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1735 @result{} "file.c.~1~"
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1736 @end group
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1737
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1738 @group
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1739 (file-name-completion "file.c.~1~" "")
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1740 @result{} t
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1741 @end group
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1742
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1743 @group
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1744 (file-name-completion "file.c.~3" "")
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1745 @result{} nil
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1746 @end group
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1747 @end example
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1748 @end defun
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1749
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1750 @defopt completion-ignored-extensions
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1751 @code{file-name-completion} usually ignores file names that end in any
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1752 string in this list. It does not ignore them when all the possible
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1753 completions end in one of these suffixes or when a buffer showing all
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1754 possible completions is displayed.@refill
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1755
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1756 A typical value might look like this:
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1757
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1758 @example
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1759 @group
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1760 completion-ignored-extensions
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1761 @result{} (".o" ".elc" "~" ".dvi")
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1762 @end group
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1763 @end example
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1764 @end defopt
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1765
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1766 @node Standard File Names
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1767 @subsection Standard File Names
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1768
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1769 Most of the file names used in Lisp programs are entered by the user.
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1770 But occasionally a Lisp program needs to specify a standard file name
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1771 for a particular use---typically, to hold customization information
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1772 about each user. For example, abbrev definitions are stored (by
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1773 default) in the file @file{~/.abbrev_defs}; the @code{completion}
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1774 package stores completions in the file @file{~/.completions}. These are
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1775 two of the many standard file names used by parts of Emacs for certain
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1776 purposes.
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1777
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1778 Various operating systems have their own conventions for valid file
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1779 names and for which file names to use for user profile data. A Lisp
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1780 program which reads a file using a standard file name ought to use, on
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1781 each type of system, a file name suitable for that system. The function
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1782 @code{convert-standard-filename} makes this easy to do.
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1783
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1784 @defun convert-standard-filename filename
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1785 This function alters the file name @var{filename} to fit the conventions
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1786 of the operating system in use, and returns the result as a new string.
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1787 @end defun
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1788
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1789 The recommended way to specify a standard file name in a Lisp program
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1790 is to choose a name which fits the conventions of GNU and Unix systems,
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1791 usually with a nondirectory part that starts with a period, and pass it
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1792 to @code{convert-standard-filename} instead of using it directly. Here
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1793 is an example from the @code{completion} package:
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1794
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1795 @example
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1796 (defvar save-completions-file-name
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1797 (convert-standard-filename "~/.completions")
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1798 "*The file name to save completions to.")
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1799 @end example
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1800
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1801 On GNU and Unix systems, and on some other systems as well,
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1802 @code{convert-standard-filename} returns its argument unchanged. On
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1803 some other systems, it alters the name to fit the systems's conventions.
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1804
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1805 For example, on MS-DOS the alterations made by this function include
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1806 converting a leading @samp{.} to @samp{_}, converting a @samp{_} in the
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1807 middle of the name to @samp{.} if there is no other @samp{.}, inserting
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1808 a @samp{.} after eight characters if there is none, and truncating to
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1809 three characters after the @samp{.}. (It makes other changes as well.)
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1810 Thus, @file{.abbrev_defs} becomes @file{_abbrev.def}, and
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1811 @file{.completions} becomes @file{_complet.ion}.
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1812
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1813 @node Contents of Directories
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1814 @section Contents of Directories
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1815 @cindex directory-oriented functions
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1816 @cindex file names in directory
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1817
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1818 A directory is a kind of file that contains other files entered under
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1819 various names. Directories are a feature of the file system.
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1820
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1821 Emacs can list the names of the files in a directory as a Lisp list,
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1822 or display the names in a buffer using the @code{ls} shell command. In
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1823 the latter case, it can optionally display information about each file,
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1824 depending on the options passed to the @code{ls} command.
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1825
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1826 @defun directory-files directory &optional full-name match-regexp nosort
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1827 This function returns a list of the names of the files in the directory
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1828 @var{directory}. By default, the list is in alphabetical order.
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1829
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1830 If @var{full-name} is non-@code{nil}, the function returns the files'
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1831 absolute file names. Otherwise, it returns the names relative to
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1832 the specified directory.
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1833
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1834 If @var{match-regexp} is non-@code{nil}, this function returns only
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1835 those file names that contain a match for that regular expression---the
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1836 other file names are excluded from the list.
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1837
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1838 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1839 If @var{nosort} is non-@code{nil}, @code{directory-files} does not sort
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1840 the list, so you get the file names in no particular order. Use this if
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1841 you want the utmost possible speed and don't care what order the files
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1842 are processed in. If the order of processing is visible to the user,
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1843 then the user will probably be happier if you do sort the names.
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1844
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1845 @example
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1846 @group
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1847 (directory-files "~lewis")
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1848 @result{} ("#foo#" "#foo.el#" "." ".."
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1849 "dired-mods.el" "files.texi"
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1850 "files.texi.~1~")
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1851 @end group
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1852 @end example
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1854 An error is signaled if @var{directory} is not the name of a directory
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1855 that can be read.
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1856 @end defun
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1857
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1858 @defun file-name-all-versions file dirname
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1859 This function returns a list of all versions of the file named
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1860 @var{file} in directory @var{dirname}.
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1861 @end defun
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1864 This function inserts (in the current buffer) a directory listing for
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1865 directory @var{file}, formatted with @code{ls} according to
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1866 @var{switches}. It leaves point after the inserted text.
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1868 The argument @var{file} may be either a directory name or a file
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1869 specification including wildcard characters. If @var{wildcard} is
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1870 non-@code{nil}, that means treat @var{file} as a file specification with
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1871 wildcards.
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1872
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1873 If @var{full-directory-p} is non-@code{nil}, that means @var{file} is a
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1874 directory and switches do not contain @samp{-d}, so that the listing
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1875 should show the full contents of the directory. (The @samp{-d} option
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1876 to @code{ls} says to describe a directory itself rather than its
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1877 contents.)
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1878
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1879 This function works by running a directory listing program whose name is
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1880 in the variable @code{insert-directory-program}. If @var{wildcard} is
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1881 non-@code{nil}, it also runs the shell specified by
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1882 @code{shell-file-name}, to expand the wildcards.
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1883 @end defun
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1884
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1885 @defvar insert-directory-program
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1886 This variable's value is the program to run to generate a directory listing
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1887 for the function @code{insert-directory}.
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1888 @end defvar
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1889
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1890 @node Create/Delete Dirs
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1891 @section Creating and Deleting Directories
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1892 @c Emacs 19 features
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1893
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1894 Most Emacs Lisp file-manipulation functions get errors when used on
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1895 files that are directories. For example, you cannot delete a directory
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1896 with @code{delete-file}. These special functions exist to create and
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1897 delete directories.
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1898
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1899 @defun make-directory dirname
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1900 This function creates a directory named @var{dirname}.
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1901 @end defun
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1903 @defun delete-directory dirname
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1904 This function deletes the directory named @var{dirname}. The function
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1905 @code{delete-file} does not work for files that are directories; you
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1906 must use @code{delete-directory} for them. If the directory contains
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1907 any files, @code{delete-directory} signals an error.
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1908 @end defun
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1909
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1910 @node Magic File Names
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1911 @section Making Certain File Names ``Magic''
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1912 @cindex magic file names
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1913
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1914 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1915 You can implement special handling for certain file names. This is
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1916 called making those names @dfn{magic}. You must supply a regular
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1917 expression to define the class of names (all those that match the
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1918 regular expression), plus a handler that implements all the primitive
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1919 Emacs file operations for file names that do match.
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1920
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1921 The variable @code{file-name-handler-alist} holds a list of handlers,
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1922 together with regular expressions that determine when to apply each
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1923 handler. Each element has this form:
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1924
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1925 @example
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1926 (@var{regexp} . @var{handler})
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1927 @end example
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1928
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1929 @noindent
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1930 All the Emacs primitives for file access and file name transformation
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1931 check the given file name against @code{file-name-handler-alist}. If
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1932 the file name matches @var{regexp}, the primitives handle that file by
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1933 calling @var{handler}.
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1934
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1935 The first argument given to @var{handler} is the name of the primitive;
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1936 the remaining arguments are the arguments that were passed to that
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1937 operation. (The first of these arguments is typically the file name
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1940 @example
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1941 (file-exists-p @var{filename})
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1942 @end example
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1943
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1944 @noindent
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1945 and @var{filename} has handler @var{handler}, then @var{handler} is
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1946 called like this:
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1947
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1948 @example
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1949 (funcall @var{handler} 'file-exists-p @var{filename})
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1950 @end example
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1951
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1952 Here are the operations that a magic file name handler gets to handle:
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1954 @noindent
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1955 @code{add-name-to-file}, @code{copy-file}, @code{delete-directory},
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1956 @code{delete-file},@*
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1957 @code{diff-latest-backup-file},
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1959 @code{directory-files},@*
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1960 @code{dired-call-process},
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1961 @code{dired-compress-file}, @code{dired-uncache},
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1962 @code{expand-file-name},@*
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1963 @code{file-accessible-directory-p},
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1964 @code{file-attributes}, @code{file-directory-p},@*
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1965 @code{file-executable-p}, @code{file-exists-p}, @code{file-local-copy},
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1967 @code{file-name-as-directory}, @code{file-name-completion},@*
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1968 @code{file-name-directory},
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1969 @code{file-name-nondirectory},
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1971 @code{file-ownership-preserved-p},
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1972 @code{file-readable-p}, @code{file-regular-p}, @code{file-symlink-p},
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1973 @code{file-truename}, @code{file-writable-p},
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1974 @code{find-backup-file-name},
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1975 @code{get-file-buffer},
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1976 @code{insert-directory},@*
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1977 @code{insert-file-contents},
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1978 @code{load}, @code{make-directory},
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1980 @code{set-visited-file-modtime}, @code{shell-command}.
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1981 @code{unhandled-file-name-directory},@*
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1982 @code{vc-registered},
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1986 buffer's modified flag, with @code{(set-buffer-modified-p nil)}, if the
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1991 possibly others to be added in the future. It need not implement all
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1992 these operations itself---when it has nothing special to do for a
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1993 certain operation, it can reinvoke the primitive, to handle the
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1994 operation ``in the usual way''. It should always reinvoke the primitive
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1995 for an operation it does not recognize. Here's one way to do this:
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1999 ;; @r{First check for the specific operations}
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2000 ;; @r{that we have special handling for.}
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2001 (cond ((eq operation 'insert-file-contents) @dots{})
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2002 ((eq operation 'write-region) @dots{})
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2003 @dots{}
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2004 ;; @r{Handle any operation we don't know about.}
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2005 (t (let ((inhibit-file-name-handlers
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2006 (cons 'my-file-handler
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2007 (and (eq inhibit-file-name-operation operation)
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2008 inhibit-file-name-handlers)))
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2009 (inhibit-file-name-operation operation))
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2010 (apply operation args)))))
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2011 @end smallexample
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2012
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2013 When a handler function decides to call the ordinary Emacs primitive for
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2014 the operation at hand, it needs to prevent the primitive from calling
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2015 the same handler once again, thus leading to an infinite recursion. The
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2016 example above shows how to do this, with the variables
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2017 @code{inhibit-file-name-handlers} and
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2018 @code{inhibit-file-name-operation}. Be careful to use them exactly as
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2019 shown above; the details are crucial for proper behavior in the case of
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2020 multiple handlers, and for operations that have two file names that may
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2021 each have handlers.
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2022
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2023 @defvar inhibit-file-name-handlers
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2024 This variable holds a list of handlers whose use is presently inhibited
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2025 for a certain operation.
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2026 @end defvar
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2027
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2028 @defvar inhibit-file-name-operation
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2029 The operation for which certain handlers are presently inhibited.
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2030 @end defvar
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2031
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2032 @defun find-file-name-handler file operation
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2033 This function returns the handler function for file name @var{file}, or
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2034 @code{nil} if there is none. The argument @var{operation} should be the
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2035 operation to be performed on the file---the value you will pass to the
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2036 handler as its first argument when you call it. The operation is needed
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2037 for comparison with @code{inhibit-file-name-operation}.
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2038 @end defun
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2039
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2040 @defun file-local-copy filename
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2041 This function copies file @var{filename} to an ordinary non-magic file,
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2042 if it isn't one already.
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2043
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2044 If @var{filename} specifies a ``magic'' file name, which programs
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2045 outside Emacs cannot directly read or write, this copies the contents to
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2046 an ordinary file and returns that file's name.
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2047
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2048 If @var{filename} is an ordinary file name, not magic, then this function
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2049 does nothing and returns @code{nil}.
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2050 @end defun
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2051
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2052 @defun unhandled-file-name-directory filename
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2053 This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic.
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2054 It uses the directory part of @var{filename} if that is not magic.
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2055 Otherwise, it asks the handler what to do.
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2056
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2057 This is useful for running a subprocess; every subprocess must have a
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2058 non-magic directory to serve as its current directory, and this function
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2059 is a good way to come up with one.
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2060 @end defun
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2061
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2062 @node Format Conversion
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2063 @section File Format Conversion
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2064
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2065 @cindex file format conversion
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2066 @cindex encoding file formats
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2067 @cindex decoding file formats
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2068 The variable @code{format-alist} defines a list of @dfn{file formats},
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2069 which describe textual representations used in files for the data (text,
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2070 text-properties, and possibly other information) in an Emacs buffer.
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2071 Emacs performs format conversion if appropriate when reading and writing
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2072 files.
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2073
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2074 @defvar format-alist
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2075 This list contains one format definition for each defined file format.
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2076 @end defvar
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2077
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2078 @cindex format definition
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2079 Each format definition is a list of this form:
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2080
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2081 @example
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2082 (@var{name} @var{doc-string} @var{regexp} @var{from-fn} @var{to-fn} @var{modify} @var{mode-fn})
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2083 @end example
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2084
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2085 Here is what the elements in a format definition mean:
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2086
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2087 @table @var
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2088 @item name
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2089 The name of this format.
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2090
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2091 @item doc-string
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2092 A documentation string for the format.
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2093
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2094 @item regexp
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2095 A regular expression which is used to recognize files represented in
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2096 this format.
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2097
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2098 @item from-fn
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2099 A function to call to decode data in this format (to convert file data into
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2100 the usual Emacs data representation).
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2101
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2102 The @var{from-fn} is called with two args, @var{begin} and @var{end},
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2103 which specify the part of the buffer it should convert. It should convert
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2104 the text by editing it in place. Since this can change the length of the
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2105 text, @var{from-fn} should return the modified end position.
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2106
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2107 One responsibility of @var{from-fn} is to make sure that the beginning
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2108 of the file no longer matches @var{regexp}. Otherwise it is likely to
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2109 get called again.
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2110
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2111 @item to-fn
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2112 A function to call to encode data in this format (to convert
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2113 the usual Emacs data representation into this format).
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2114
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2115 The @var{to-fn} is called with two args, @var{begin} and @var{end},
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2116 which specify the part of the buffer it should convert. There are
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2117 two ways it can do the conversion:
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2118
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2119 @itemize @bullet
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2120 @item
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2121 By editing the buffer in place. In this case, @var{to-fn} should
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2122 return the end-position of the range of text, as modified.
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2123
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2124 @item
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2125 By returning a list of annotations. This is a list of elements of the
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2126 form @code{(@var{position} . @var{string})}, where @var{position} is an
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2127 integer specifying the relative position in the text to be written, and
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2128 @var{string} is the annotation to add there. The list must be sorted in
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2129 order of position when @var{to-fn} returns it.
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2130
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2131 When @code{write-region} actually writes the text from the buffer to the
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2132 file, it intermixes the specified annotations at the corresponding
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2133 positions. All this takes place without modifying the buffer.
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2134 @end itemize
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2135
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2136 @item modify
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2137 A flag, @code{t} if the encoding function modifies the buffer, and
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2138 @code{nil} if it works by returning a list of annotations.
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2139
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2140 @item mode
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2141 A mode function to call after visiting a file converted from this
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2142 format.
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2143 @end table
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2144
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2145 The function @code{insert-file-contents} automatically recognizes file
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2146 formats when it reads the specified file. It checks the text of the
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2147 beginning of the file against the regular expressions of the format
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2148 definitions, and if it finds a match, it calls the decoding function for
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2149 that format. Then it checks all the known formats over again.
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2150 It keeps checking them until none of them is applicable.
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2151
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2152 Visiting a file, with @code{find-file-noselect} or the commands that use
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2153 it, performs conversion likewise (because it calls
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2154 @code{insert-file-contents}); it also calls the mode function for each
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2155 format that it decodes. It stores a list of the format names in the
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2156 buffer-local variable @code{buffer-file-format}.
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2157
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2158 @defvar buffer-file-format
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2159 This variable states the format of the visited file. More precisely,
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2160 this is a list of the file format names that were decoded in the course
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2161 of visiting the current buffer's file. It is always local in all
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2162 buffers.
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2163 @end defvar
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2164
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2165 When @code{write-region} writes data into a file, it first calls the
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2166 encoding functions for the formats listed in @code{buffer-file-format},
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2167 in the order of appearance in the list.
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2168
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2169 @defun format-write-file file format
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2170 This command writes the current buffer contents into the file @var{file}
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2171 in format @var{format}, and makes that format the default for future
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2172 saves of the buffer. The argument @var{format} is a list of format
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2173 names.
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2174 @end defun
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2175
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2176 @defun format-find-file file format
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2177 This command finds the file @var{file}, converting it according to
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2178 format @var{format}. It also makes @var{format} the default if the
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2179 buffer is saved later.
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2180
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2181 The argument @var{format} is a list of format names. If @var{format} is
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2182 @code{nil}, no conversion takes place. Interactively, typing just
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2183 @key{RET} for @var{format} specifies @code{nil}.
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2184 @end defun
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2185
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2186 @defun format-insert-file file format %optional beg end
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2187 This command inserts the contents of file @var{file}, converting it
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2188 according to format @var{format}. If @var{beg} and @var{end} are
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2189 non-@code{nil}, they specify which part of the file to read, as in
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2190 @code{insert-file-contents} (@pxref{Reading from Files}).
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2191
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2192 The return value is like what @code{insert-file-contents} returns: a
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2193 list of the absolute file name and the length of the data inserted
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2194 (after conversion).
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2195
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2196 The argument @var{format} is a list of format names. If @var{format} is
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2197 @code{nil}, no conversion takes place. Interactively, typing just
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2198 @key{RET} for @var{format} specifies @code{nil}.
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2199 @end defun
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2200
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2201 @defvar auto-save-file-format
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2202 This variable specifies the format to use for auto-saving. Its value is
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2203 a list of format names, just like the value of
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2204 @code{buffer-file-format}; but it is used instead of
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2205 @code{buffer-file-format} for writing auto-save files. This variable
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2206 is always local in all buffers.
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2207 @end defvar
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2208
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2209 @node Files and MS-DOS
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2210 @section Files and MS-DOS
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2211 @cindex MS-DOS file types
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2212 @cindex file types on MS-DOS
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2213 @cindex text files and binary files
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2214 @cindex binary files and text files
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2215 @cindex Windows file types
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2216
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2217 Emacs on MS-DOS and on Windows NT or 95 makes a distinction between
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2218 text files and binary files. This is necessary because ordinary text
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2219 files on MS-DOS use a two character sequence between lines:
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2220 carriage-return and linefeed (@sc{crlf}). Emacs expects just a newline
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2221 character (a linefeed) between lines. When Emacs reads or writes a text
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2222 file on MS-DOS, it needs to convert the line separators. This means it
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2223 needs to know which files are text files and which are binary. It makes
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2224 this decision when visiting a file, and records the decision in the
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2225 variable @code{buffer-file-type} for use when the file is saved.
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2226
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2227 @xref{MS-DOS Subprocesses}, for a related feature for subprocesses.
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2228
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2229 @defvar buffer-file-type
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2230 This variable, automatically local in each buffer, records the file type
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2231 of the buffer's visited file. The value is @code{nil} for text,
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2232 @code{t} for binary.
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2233 @end defvar
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2234
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2235 @defun find-buffer-file-type filename
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2236 This function determines whether file @var{filename} is a text file
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2237 or a binary file. It returns @code{nil} for text, @code{t} for binary.
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2238 @end defun
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2239
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2240 @defopt file-name-buffer-file-type-alist
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2241 This variable holds an alist for distinguishing text files from binary
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2242 files. Each element has the form (@var{regexp} . @var{type}), where
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2243 @var{regexp} is matched against the file name, and @var{type} may be is
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2244 @code{nil} for text, @code{t} for binary, or a function to call to
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2245 compute which. If it is a function, then it is called with a single
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2246 argument (the file name) and should return @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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2247 @end defopt
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2248
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2249 @defopt default-buffer-file-type
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2250 This variable specifies the default file type for files whose names
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2251 don't indicate anything in particular. Its value should be @code{nil}
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2252 for text, or @code{t} for binary.
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2253 @end defopt
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2254
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2255 @deffn Command find-file-text filename
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2256 Like @code{find-file}, but treat the file as text regardless of its name.
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2257 @end deffn
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2258
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2259 @deffn Command find-file-binary filename
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2260 Like @code{find-file}, but treat the file as binary regardless of its
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2261 name.
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2262 @end deffn