* feature request: copy-file option to match cp -u
@ 2011-08-29 18:49 Sam Steingold
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From: Sam Steingold @ 2011-08-29 18:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Hi,
it would be nice if one could tell copy-file to actually copy only newer
files, i.e., something like this:
(and (file-newer-than-file-p
from (if (file-directory-p to)
(expand-file-name (file-name-base from) to)
to))
(copy-file from to t))
I think it could be controlled by the 4th argument KEEP-TIME (it appears
that people who want to preserve time would probably want to avoid
copying older files over newer ones) or by a new argument.
Thanks.
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