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| author | Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com> | 2017-10-21 13:05:48 +0900 |
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| committer | Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com> | 2017-10-21 13:05:48 +0900 |
| commit | cb29f41624e5163a0aea4bfc98591e683807a2f8 (patch) | |
| tree | 78783e1c8a2010be53feeb6e20e9abde309806f3 /doc/emacs/dired.texi | |
| parent | c75f505dea6a560b825384cf3d277690f86840bf (diff) | |
| download | emacs-cb29f41624e5163a0aea4bfc98591e683807a2f8.tar.gz | |
Allow to copy/rename file into a non-existent dir
* lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-create-destination-dirs): New option.
(dired-maybe-create-dirs): New defun.
(dired-copy-file-recursive, dired-rename-file): Use it (Bug#28834).
* lisp/dired-aux-tests.el (dired-test-bug28834): Add test.
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Operating on Files): Update manual.
* etc/NEWS (Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 27.1)
Announce this change.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/dired.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index db5dea329b5..9348ef5042d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -647,6 +647,14 @@ Copy the specified files (@code{dired-do-copy}). The argument @var{new} is the directory to copy into, or (if copying a single file) the new name. This is like the shell command @code{cp}. +@vindex dired-create-destination-dirs +The option @code{dired-create-destination-dirs} controls whether Dired +should create non-existent directories in the destination while +copying/renaming files. The default value @code{nil} means Dired +never creates such missing directories; the value @code{always}, +means Dired automatically creates them; the value @code{ask} +means Dired asks you for confirmation before creating them. + @vindex dired-copy-preserve-time If @code{dired-copy-preserve-time} is non-@code{nil}, then copying with this command preserves the modification time of the old file in @@ -678,6 +686,9 @@ single file, the argument @var{new} is the new name of the file. If you rename several files, the argument @var{new} is the directory into which to move the files (this is like the shell command @command{mv}). +The option @code{dired-create-destination-dirs} controls whether Dired +should create non-existent directories in @var{new}. + Dired automatically changes the visited file name of buffers associated with renamed files so that they refer to the new names. |