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changeset 61759:d9c520f08ec6
(Changing Files): Document MUSTBENEW arg in copy-file.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:24:59 +0000 |
| parents | a01e0abcda65 |
| children | 51f159119616 |
| files | lispref/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/files.texi Sat Apr 23 16:22:23 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/files.texi Sat Apr 23 16:24:59 2005 +0000 @@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ same effect as renaming, aside from momentary intermediate states. @end deffn -@deffn Command copy-file oldname newname &optional ok-if-exists time +@deffn Command copy-file oldname newname &optional ok-if-exists time mustbenew This command copies the file @var{oldname} to @var{newname}. An error is signaled if @var{oldname} does not exist. If @var{newname} names a directory, it copies @var{oldname} into that directory, @@ -1379,6 +1379,10 @@ In an interactive call, a prefix argument specifies a non-@code{nil} value for @var{time}. + +The argument @var{mustbenew} controls whether an existing file can be +overwritten. It works like the similarly-named argument of +@code{write-file} (@pref{Writing to Files}). @end deffn @deffn Command make-symbolic-link filename newname &optional ok-if-exists