@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2011
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2012
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../../info/files
@end smallexample
@noindent
-(See @code{switch-to-buffer} in @ref{Displaying Buffers}.)
+(See @code{switch-to-buffer} in @ref{Switching Buffers}.)
If @var{wildcards} is non-@code{nil}, which is always true in an
interactive call, then @code{find-file} expands wildcard characters in
@deffn Command find-file-other-window filename &optional wildcards
This command selects a buffer visiting the file @var{filename}, but
-does so in a window other than the selected window. It may use another
-existing window or split a window; see @ref{Displaying Buffers}.
+does so in a window other than the selected window. It may use
+another existing window or split a window; see @ref{Switching
+Buffers}.
When this command is called interactively, it prompts for
@var{filename}.
@var{filename}.
@end deffn
-@deffn Command view-file filename
-This command visits @var{filename} using View mode, returning to the
-previous buffer when you exit View mode. View mode is a minor mode that
-provides commands to skim rapidly through the file, but does not let you
-modify the text. Entering View mode runs the normal hook
-@code{view-mode-hook}. @xref{Hooks}.
-
-When @code{view-file} is called interactively, it prompts for
-@var{filename}.
-@end deffn
-
@defopt find-file-wildcards
If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then the various @code{find-file}
commands check for wildcard characters and visit all the files that
@end group
@group
-(set-file-modes "~/junk/diffs" 438)
+(set-file-modes "~/junk/diffs" #o666)
@result{} nil
@end group
-@group
-(format "%o" 438)
- @result{} "666" ; @r{Convert to octal.}
-@end group
-
@group
% ls -l diffs
-rw-rw-rw- 1 lewis 0 3063 Oct 30 16:00 diffs
The argument @var{mode} must be an integer. On most systems, only the
low 9 bits of @var{mode} are meaningful. You can use the Lisp construct
-for octal character codes to enter @var{mode}; for example,
+for octal numbers to enter @var{mode}; for example,
@example
-(set-default-file-modes ?\644)
+(set-default-file-modes #o644)
@end example
Saving a modified version of an existing file does not count as creating
@code{mkdir} is an alias for this.
@end deffn
-@deffn Command copy-directory dirname newname &optional keep-time parents
+@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{dirname} will be copied to a subdirectory there.
It always sets the file modes of the copied files to match the
corresponding original file.
-The third arg @var{keep-time} non-@code{nil} means to preserve the
+The third argument @var{keep-time} non-@code{nil} means to preserve the
modification time of the copied files. A prefix arg makes
@var{keep-time} non-@code{nil}.
-Noninteractively, the last argument @var{parents} says whether to
+The fourth argument @var{parents} says whether to
create parent directories if they don't exist. Interactively,
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
+it as a subdirectory.
@end deffn
@cindex trash
filenames, that means they are stored on the same file system and can
be accessed locally with respect to each other. This means, for
example, that it is possible to start a remote process accessing both
-files at the same time. Implementors of file handlers need to ensure
+files at the same time. Implementers of file handlers need to ensure
this principle is valid.
@var{identification} specifies which part of the identifier shall be
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