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Re: dired-do-touch


From: Kim F. Storm
Subject: Re: dired-do-touch
Date: 24 Mar 2004 13:22:20 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> > I think that this is acceptable behaviour on such systems.
> 
> What is? to signal an error?

Ups -- no, that's not what I meant.  

Let me try again:

>    else more-or-less silently ignore errors in this function for
> directories on such systems.

I think that this is acceptable behaviour on such systems.


> > Maybe the function could simply return t if time was modified, nil
> > otherwise.  Then it would be easier for a programmer to change his
> > code to deal with systems where the call fails.
> 
> Yes, a good idea, IMHO.

So let's do it that way.  Matt?

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk





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