Re: bug in copy-directory

[Thierry Volpiatto]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I don't think there's a traditional C-level equivalent to `cp', but at
>> least for `mv', the C-level API (aka `rename') does not behave like
>> `mv', but instead signals an error if the destination is
>> a pre-existing directory.
>>
>> As Lennart points out, the semantics of `rename' are a bit less magical,
>> which tends to work well when you care about race-conditions and other
>> fun stuff.  OTOH out `copy-file' behaves like `cp', so I guess it's OK
>> for copy-directory to also always behave like `cp' even for
>> non-interactive uses.
>
> I've commited the patch to the branch.  Dired seems to still work fine.
IIRC dired don't use copy-directory, but dired-create-files for copying,
renaming, linking.

> I haven't checked whether the Tramp handlers need fixing, though.
If copy-directory works, then the handler should work as it reuse
copy-directory.

Thanks for the fix, i will try it tomorrow (when it come in git).

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