From: Michael Albinus Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 07:57:30 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention copy-directory. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-23.1.90~928 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=50b49aded74fa50ae983a29972d30ee455eccac2;p=emacs.git * files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention copy-directory. --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 4464c75c910..86b8e8a5f89 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-10-05 Michael Albinus + + * files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention copy-directory. + 2009-10-04 Eli Zaretskii * mule.texi (Unibyte Mode): Emphasize that diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index be987afbbe5..cee43b390ea 100644 --- 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)