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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-04-30 13:35:51 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-04-30 13:35:51 +0000
commit09b9fbbed514945464d7651890b2f5888ab09d5f (patch)
tree74de478b51aa479cb3e57304aa617ed69432584a /lisp/dired-aux.el
parent7cc40258d89453b6f662d6a6578f435fdaaa10e4 (diff)
downloademacs-09b9fbbed514945464d7651890b2f5888ab09d5f.tar.gz
(dired-do-rename-regexp, dired-do-copy-regexp)
(dired-do-hardlink-regexp, dired-do-symlink-regexp): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 4b2fecceade..6651f9c832a 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -1466,7 +1466,12 @@ Type SPC or `y' to %s one match, DEL or `n' to skip to next,
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-do-rename-regexp (regexp newname &optional arg whole-path)
- "Rename marked files containing REGEXP to NEWNAME.
+ "Rename selected files whose names match REGEXP to NEWNAME.
+
+With non-zero prefix argument ARG, the command operates on the next ARG
+files. Otherwise, it operates on all the marked files, or the current
+file if none are marked.
+
As each match is found, the user must type a character saying
what to do with it. For directions, type \\[help-command] at that time.
NEWNAME may contain \\=\\<n> or \\& as in `query-replace-regexp'.
@@ -1481,7 +1486,7 @@ Normally, only the non-directory part of the file name is used and changed."
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-do-copy-regexp (regexp newname &optional arg whole-path)
- "Copy all marked files containing REGEXP to NEWNAME.
+ "Copy selected files whose names match REGEXP to NEWNAME.
See function `dired-do-rename-regexp' for more info."
(interactive (dired-mark-read-regexp "Copy"))
(let ((dired-recursive-copies nil)) ; No recursive copies.
@@ -1492,7 +1497,7 @@ See function `dired-do-rename-regexp' for more info."
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-do-hardlink-regexp (regexp newname &optional arg whole-path)
- "Hardlink all marked files containing REGEXP to NEWNAME.
+ "Hardlink selected files whose names match REGEXP to NEWNAME.
See function `dired-do-rename-regexp' for more info."
(interactive (dired-mark-read-regexp "HardLink"))
(dired-do-create-files-regexp
@@ -1501,7 +1506,7 @@ See function `dired-do-rename-regexp' for more info."
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-do-symlink-regexp (regexp newname &optional arg whole-path)
- "Symlink all marked files containing REGEXP to NEWNAME.
+ "Symlink selected files whose names match REGEXP to NEWNAME.
See function `dired-do-rename-regexp' for more info."
(interactive (dired-mark-read-regexp "SymLink"))
(dired-do-create-files-regexp