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changeset 105456:8b81962c202d
* files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): New command copy-directory.
| author | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> |
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| date | Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:11:42 +0000 |
| parents | 67e3961d0be2 |
| children | 9e55a1fc3a53 |
| files | doc/lispref/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi Mon Oct 05 07:57:30 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi Mon Oct 05 08:11:42 2009 +0000 @@ -2482,8 +2482,9 @@ @end defvar @node Create/Delete Dirs -@section Creating and Deleting Directories +@section Creating, Copying and Deleting Directories @cindex creating and deleting directories +@cindex copying directories @c Emacs 19 features Most Emacs Lisp file-manipulation functions get errors when used on @@ -2501,6 +2502,23 @@ @code{mkdir} is an alias for this. @end deffn +@deffn Command copy-directory dirname newname &optional keep-time parents +This command copies the directory named @var{dirname} to +@var{newname}. If @var{newname} names an existing directory, +@var{dirname} will be copied to a subdirectory there. + +It always sets the file modes of the copied files to match the +corresponding original file. + +The third arg @var{keep-time} non-@code{nil} means to preserve the +modification time of the copied files. A prefix arg makes +@var{keep-time} non-@code{nil}. + +Noninteractively, the last argument @var{parents} says whether to +create parent directories if they don't exist. Interactively, +this happens by default. +@end deffn + @deffn Command delete-directory dirname &optional recursive This command deletes the directory named @var{dirname}. The function @code{delete-file} does not work for files that are directories; you