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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-03-06 18:14:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-03-06 18:14:33 +0000 |
| commit | c3dd4d76c469413615bb505c6618fd015ec1c1fd (patch) | |
| tree | 9ac4f53ab2514eb5df9b42057315c3c6383c9907 /lispref/files.texi | |
| parent | 7794eb8756ab14e34ff05c9e79b66f7210a25140 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-c3dd4d76c469413615bb505c6618fd015ec1c1fd.tar.gz | |
(Writing to Files): Get rid of "Emacs 21".
(Unique File Names): Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref/files.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/files.texi | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/files.texi b/lispref/files.texi index aa97ff83d30..18a98a406c4 100644 --- a/lispref/files.texi +++ b/lispref/files.texi @@ -578,16 +578,15 @@ that string, rather than text from the buffer. @var{end} is ignored in this case. If @var{append} is non-@code{nil}, then the specified text is appended -to the existing file contents (if any). Starting in Emacs 21, if -@var{append} is an integer, then @code{write-region} seeks to that byte -offset from the start of the file and writes the data from there. +to the existing file contents (if any). If @var{append} is an +integer, @code{write-region} seeks to that byte offset from the start +of the file and writes the data from there. If @var{mustbenew} is non-@code{nil}, then @code{write-region} asks -for confirmation if @var{filename} names an existing file. -Starting in Emacs 21, if @var{mustbenew} is the symbol @code{excl}, -then @code{write-region} does not ask for confirmation, but instead -it signals an error @code{file-already-exists} if the file already -exists. +for confirmation if @var{filename} names an existing file. If +@var{mustbenew} is the symbol @code{excl}, then @code{write-region} +does not ask for confirmation, but instead it signals an error +@code{file-already-exists} if the file already exists. The test for an existing file, when @var{mustbenew} is @code{excl}, uses a special system feature. At least for files on a local disk, there is @@ -2013,7 +2012,7 @@ on VMS except discard superfluous initial components as shown above. @subsection Generating Unique File Names Some programs need to write temporary files. Here is the usual way to -construct a name for such a file, starting in Emacs 21: +construct a name for such a file: @example (make-temp-file @var{name-of-application}) @@ -2106,7 +2105,7 @@ non-@code{nil}. @tindex small-temporary-file-directory @defvar small-temporary-file-directory -This variable (new in Emacs 21) specifies the directory name for +This variable specifies the directory name for creating certain temporary files, which are likely to be small. If you want to write a temporary file which is likely to be small, you |