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diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index eacaf046370..901382fe9bd 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -2976,8 +2976,9 @@ if they don't already exist. @deffn Command copy-directory dirname newname &optional keep-time parents copy-contents This command copies the directory named @var{dirname} to -@var{newname}. If @var{newname} names an existing directory, +@var{newname}. If @var{newname} is a directory name, @var{dirname} will be copied to a subdirectory there. +@xref{Directory Names}. It always sets the file modes of the copied files to match the corresponding original file. @@ -2992,7 +2993,7 @@ this happens by default. The fifth argument @var{copy-contents}, if non-@code{nil}, means to copy the contents of @var{dirname} directly into @var{newname} if the -latter is an existing directory, instead of copying @var{dirname} into +latter is a directory name, instead of copying @var{dirname} into it as a subdirectory. @end deffn |