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bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:13:03 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
Hi Eli,
>> Copy a symbolic link as-is. Example:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (make-directory "/ssh::/tmp/foo")
>> (write-region "baz" nil "/ssh::/tmp/foo/baz")
>> (make-symbolic-link "/ssh::/tmp/foo" "/ssh::/tmp/bar")
>> (copy-directory "/ssh::/tmp/bar" "/ssh::/tmp/bla")
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Currently, this creates a new directory "/ssh::/tmp/bla", which contains
>> the file "baz". If the new user option copy-directory-create-symlink is
>> non-nil, this should create the symlink "/ssh::/tmp/bla", pointing to
>> "/tmp/foo".
>
> Yes, sure. We should support that with remote files as much as
> possible.
Will do. Thinking about, it makes only sense when both DIRECTORY and
NEWNAME are located on the same host. That's what I'm going to implement.
Best regards, Michael.
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Marco Centurion, 2021/08/19
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Marco Centurion, 2021/08/19
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/08/20
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Michael Albinus, 2021/08/22
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/08/22
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Michael Albinus, 2021/08/22
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/08/22
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink,
Michael Albinus <=
- bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Michael Albinus, 2021/08/22
bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/08/20