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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index e3cc10d54b7..5c7c1a232a3 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -926,9 +926,13 @@ a prefix arg lets you edit the `ls' switches used for the new listing." ;;; Copy, move/rename, making hard and symbolic links -(defvar dired-backup-overwrite nil +(defcustom dired-backup-overwrite nil "*Non-nil if Dired should ask about making backups before overwriting files. -Special value `always' suppresses confirmation.") +Special value `always' suppresses confirmation." + :type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil) + (const :tag "suppress" always) + (sexp :tag "ask" :format "%t\n" t)) + :group 'dired) (defvar dired-overwrite-confirmed) |