From e6e41dac879d2e9b63c2a5dd700a9d88d8065e4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 10:49:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Reflect changes in copy-file and rename-file in doc strings * src/fileio.c (Fcopy_file, Frename_file): Mention in the doc strings that directory names must end in a slash. (Bug#29362) --- src/fileio.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c index 18bbffb3789..9742cf1a258 100644 --- a/src/fileio.c +++ b/src/fileio.c @@ -1828,6 +1828,9 @@ DEFUN ("copy-file", Fcopy_file, Scopy_file, 2, 6, If NEWNAME is a directory name, copy FILE to a like-named file under NEWNAME. +For NEWNAME to be recognized as a directory name, it should name a +directory and end in a slash. + This function always sets the file modes of the output file to match the input file. @@ -2253,6 +2256,9 @@ If file has names other than FILE, it continues to have those names. If NEWNAME is a directory name, rename FILE to a like-named file under NEWNAME. +For NEWNAME to be recognized as a directory name, it should name a +directory and end in a slash. + Signal a `file-already-exists' error if a file NEWNAME already exists unless optional third argument OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS is non-nil. An integer third arg means request confirmation if NEWNAME already exists. -- 2.39.5