* Re: master 5c3d0ce: New manual section "Copying and Naming"
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@ 2017-08-15 19:54 ` Michael Albinus
2017-08-15 20:29 ` Paul Eggert
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From: Michael Albinus @ 2017-08-15 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Paul Eggert
eggert@cs.ucla.edu (Paul Eggert) writes:
Hi Paul,
> +@findex add-name-to-file
> +@cindex hard links (creation)
> + @kbd{M-x add-name-to-file} adds an additional name to an existing
> +file without removing the old name. The new name is created as a hard
> +link to the existing file.
That's not true for all file name handlers.
> The new name must belong on the same file
> +system that the file is on. On MS-Windows, this command works only if
> +the file resides in an NTFS file system. On MS-DOS, it works by
> +copying the file.
Same for tramp-adb.el and tramp-gvfs.el.
Best regards, Michael.
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2017-08-15 19:54 ` master 5c3d0ce: New manual section "Copying and Naming" Michael Albinus
@ 2017-08-15 20:29 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-16 10:13 ` Michael Albinus
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From: Paul Eggert @ 2017-08-15 20:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Albinus, emacs-devel
Michael Albinus wrote:
>> +@findex add-name-to-file
>> +@cindex hard links (creation)
>> + @kbd{M-x add-name-to-file} adds an additional name to an existing
>> +file without removing the old name. The new name is created as a hard
>> +link to the existing file.
>
> That's not true for all file name handlers.
That part of the wording hasn't changed recently; it's listed as a diff only
because the text moved. Could you please fix the wording where it's wrong? I
don't know how Tramp works, so any changes that I make are likely to go awry.
>> The new name must belong on the same file
>> +system that the file is on. On MS-Windows, this command works only if
>> +the file resides in an NTFS file system. On MS-DOS, it works by
>> +copying the file.
>
> Same for tramp-adb.el and tramp-gvfs.el.
Likewise.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: master 5c3d0ce: New manual section "Copying and Naming"
2017-08-15 20:29 ` Paul Eggert
@ 2017-08-16 10:13 ` Michael Albinus
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From: Michael Albinus @ 2017-08-16 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paul Eggert; +Cc: emacs-devel
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
> That part of the wording hasn't changed recently; it's listed as a
> diff only because the text moved. Could you please fix the wording
> where it's wrong? I don't know how Tramp works, so any changes that I
> make are likely to go awry.
I've committed a patch, 3b8446439b.
Best regards, Michael.
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