* files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention copy-directory.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 4464c75c9101031e61c0eacfe9944107ba5b6a8e..86b8e8a5f89382e7eba9aa2dad89d4e51e92919c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-10-05  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+       * files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention copy-directory.
+
 2009-10-04  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
        * mule.texi (Unibyte Mode): Emphasize that

diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index be987afbbe56bac1f8c02ef77276b410a1ed88d1..cee43b390eae22044176acb375bab93aa2a9f257 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -1567,9 +1567,12 @@ On MS-Windows, this command works only if the file resides in an NTFS
 file system.  On MS-DOS, it works by copying the file.
 
 @findex copy-file
+@findex copy-directory
 @cindex copying files
   @kbd{M-x copy-file} reads the file @var{old} and writes a new file
-named @var{new} with the same contents.
+named @var{new} with the same contents.  @kbd{M-x copy-directory} does
+the same for directories, by recursive copying all files and
+subdirectories.
 
 @findex make-symbolic-link
 @cindex symbolic links (creation)