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From: Trastabuga <lispercat@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: File manipulation in elisp?
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:19:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1182370747.377086.236690@a26g2000pre.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv645ijvkt.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>

On Jun 20, 3:05 pm, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > Is there an API for file management in elisp without opening files in
> > buffers?
>
> No.
>
> > directory. So every time I compile a project, as a post-build step I
> > want to look for some pre-defined file in the directory, read its
> > content, evaluate the content into elisp and execute it.
>
> How 'bout just using `load'?
>
>         Stefan

Thank you Stefan, that works.
I wonder is there any reason there is no such API for file
manipulation? No use for it?

Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-20 20:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-20 17:35 File manipulation in elisp? Trastabuga
2007-06-20 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-06-20 20:19   ` Trastabuga [this message]
2007-06-21  1:59     ` Barry Margolin

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