Re: rename-file

[Andreas Schwab]

Stephen Berman <address@hidden> writes:

> If that is so, then the doc string should be changed to "A name of the
> file visited in the current buffer...", to avoid confusion.

No, that's very wrong.  There can be only at most one name associated
with any buffer.

> 1. C-x C-f bla
> 2. C-h v buffer-file-name => bla
> 3. M-x rename-file RET blabla
> 4. C-h v buffer-file-name => bla
>
> Surely the return value in step 4 is unwanted, isn't it?

The visited name of the buffer didn't change in any way whatsoever.
Only set-visited-file-name can do that.

Andreas.

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