[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/lispref files.texi

[Michael Albinus]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Michael Albinus <albinus>       09/10/05 08:11:42

Modified files:
        doc/lispref    : files.texi 

Log message:
        * files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): New command copy-directory.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/lispref/files.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.24&r2=1.25

Patches:
Index: files.texi
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/files.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.24
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -b -r1.24 -r1.25
--- files.texi  1 Oct 2009 15:46:03 -0000       1.24
+++ files.texi  5 Oct 2009 08:11:42 -0000       1.25
@@ -2482,8 +2482,9 @@
 @end defvar
 
 @node Create/Delete Dirs
address@hidden Creating and Deleting Directories
address@hidden Creating, Copying and Deleting Directories
 @cindex creating and deleting directories
address@hidden 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
 
address@hidden Command copy-directory dirname newname &optional keep-time 
parents
+This command copies the directory named @var{dirname} to
address@hidden  If @var{newname} names an existing directory,
address@hidden 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} address@hidden means to preserve the
+modification time of the copied files.  A prefix arg makes
address@hidden address@hidden
+
+Noninteractively, the last argument @var{parents} says whether to
+create parent directories if they don't exist.  Interactively,
+this happens by default.
address@hidden 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