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Re: bug in copy-directory
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
Re: bug in copy-directory |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:12:40 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> I don't think there's a traditional C-level equivalent to `cp', but at
> least for `mv', the C-level API (aka `rename') does not behave like
> `mv', but instead signals an error if the destination is
> a pre-existing directory.
>
> As Lennart points out, the semantics of `rename' are a bit less magical,
> which tends to work well when you care about race-conditions and other
> fun stuff. OTOH out `copy-file' behaves like `cp', so I guess it's OK
> for copy-directory to also always behave like `cp' even for
> non-interactive uses.
I've commited the patch to the branch. Dired seems to still work fine.
I haven't checked whether the Tramp handlers need fixing, though.
- Re: bug in copy-directory, (continued)
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Lennart Borgman, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Lennart Borgman, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Jan Djärv, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Lennart Borgman, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Jan Djärv, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Lennart Borgman, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Stefan Monnier, 2011/01/28
- Re: bug in copy-directory,
Chong Yidong <=
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/29
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Michael Albinus, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Michael Albinus, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Michael Albinus, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Michael Albinus, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/30
- Re: bug in copy-directory, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/01/30