Re: Force directory recompile

[Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>]

On 3/18/21 11:29 AM, Joost Kremers wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18 2021, Tim Johnson wrote:
>> Using GNU Emacs 27.1 on ubuntu 20.04
>> with the following code:
>>
>> emacs --batch --eval '(byte-recompile-directory "~/.emacs.d")'
>>
>> fails to recompile anything.
>>
> As mentioned in the documentation for `byte-recompile-directory`, it only
> recompiles `.el` files if a) there is a corresponding `.elc` file and b) that
> `.elc` file is older than the `.el` file. I assume either or both conditions
> aren't met. If the second condition is met, simply using `touch` on the source
> files should do the trick.
>
>> Since I am moving to a new machine with a different emacs version
>> I anticipate that it is important to recompile all packages I.E. *.el files.
> If you use `package.el`, you should be able to reinstall all your packages using
> `package-install-selected-packages`.
>
Thanks Joost, when I OP'd I was having a problem with documentation. Now 
that
I can read docs the code I was looking for is

emacs --batch --eval '(byte-recompile-directory "~/.emacs.d" 0 t)'

which applies the force option.
cheers

-- 
Tim (always-a-noob t)
tj49.com