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* files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention copy-directory.
author Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
date Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:57:21 +0000
parents 3114ca60dd87
children 67e3961d0be2
files doc/emacs/files.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi	Mon Oct 05 07:44:01 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi	Mon Oct 05 07:57:21 2009 +0000
@@ -1567,9 +1567,12 @@
 file system.  On MS-DOS, it works by copying the file.
 
 @findex copy-file
+@findex copy-directory
 @cindex copying files
   @kbd{M-x copy-file} reads the file @var{old} and writes a new file
-named @var{new} with the same contents.
+named @var{new} with the same contents.  @kbd{M-x copy-directory} does
+the same for directories, by recursive copying all files and
+subdirectories.
 
 @findex make-symbolic-link
 @cindex symbolic links (creation)