Your fix works only for the case where a specified directory has no
final slash. But after invoking M-x copy-file or M-x rename-file
the default initial value for the second argument has a final slash,
e.g. `/tmp/'. Since `copy-file' and `rename-file' have interactive
specific
Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I found a way to fix this to do what people want.
Your fix works only for the case where a specified directory has no
final slash. But after invoking M-x copy-file or M-x rename-file
the default initial value for the second argument has a final slash
I found a way to fix this to do what people want.
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Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It is not very dangerous, since it asks the user for confirmation.
I just have been bitten by something even worse: namely rename-file.
I wanted to move a file into some other directory. So I did
M-x rename-file RET somefilename RET /tmp RET
then I
It is not very dangerous, since it asks the user for confirmation.
But it may be inconvenient and annoying.
I agree it would be better to change this.
It is not easy to do, since there is no way for a C primitive
to use Lisp code to read the arguments.
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