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diff --git a/doc/emacs/dired.texi b/doc/emacs/dired.texi index 22b0fcd4676..9348ef5042d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/dired.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/dired.texi @@ -61,16 +61,28 @@ you to operate on the listed files. @xref{Directories}. @kindex C-x d @vindex dired-listing-switches To invoke Dired, type @kbd{C-x d} (@code{dired}). This reads a -directory name using the minibuffer, and opens a @dfn{Dired buffer} +directory's name using the minibuffer, and opens a @dfn{Dired buffer} listing the files in that directory. You can also supply a wildcard file name pattern as the minibuffer argument, in which case the Dired -buffer lists all files matching that pattern. The usual history and -completion commands can be used in the minibuffer; in particular, -@kbd{M-n} puts the name of the visited file (if any) in the minibuffer -(@pxref{Minibuffer History}). +buffer lists all files matching that pattern. A wildcard may appear +in the directory part as well. +For instance, + +@example +C-x d ~/foo/*.el @key{RET} +C-x d ~/foo/*/*.el @key{RET} +@end example + +The former lists all the files with extension @samp{.el} in directory +@samp{foo}. The latter lists the files with extension @samp{.el} +in subdirectories 2 levels of depth below @samp{foo}. + +The usual history and completion commands can be used in the minibuffer; +in particular, @kbd{M-n} puts the name of the visited file (if any) in +the minibuffer (@pxref{Minibuffer History}). You can also invoke Dired by giving @kbd{C-x C-f} (@code{find-file}) -a directory name. +a directory's name. The variable @code{dired-listing-switches} specifies the options to give to @command{ls} for listing the directory; this string @@ -224,6 +236,14 @@ Dired cannot delete directories that are nonempty. If the variable @code{dired-recursive-deletes} is non-@code{nil}, then Dired can delete nonempty directories including all their contents. That can be somewhat risky. +Even if you have set @code{dired-recursive-deletes} to @code{nil}, +you might want sometimes to delete recursively directories +without being asked for confirmation for all of them. This is handy +when you have marked many directories for deletion and you are very +sure that all of them can safely being deleted. For every nonempty +directory you are asked for confirmation; if you answer @code{all}, +then all the remaining directories will be deleted without more +questions. @vindex delete-by-moving-to-trash If you change the variable @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} to @@ -627,6 +647,14 @@ Copy the specified files (@code{dired-do-copy}). The argument @var{new} is the directory to copy into, or (if copying a single file) the new name. This is like the shell command @code{cp}. +@vindex dired-create-destination-dirs +The option @code{dired-create-destination-dirs} controls whether Dired +should create non-existent directories in the destination while +copying/renaming files. The default value @code{nil} means Dired +never creates such missing directories; the value @code{always}, +means Dired automatically creates them; the value @code{ask} +means Dired asks you for confirmation before creating them. + @vindex dired-copy-preserve-time If @code{dired-copy-preserve-time} is non-@code{nil}, then copying with this command preserves the modification time of the old file in @@ -658,6 +686,9 @@ single file, the argument @var{new} is the new name of the file. If you rename several files, the argument @var{new} is the directory into which to move the files (this is like the shell command @command{mv}). +The option @code{dired-create-destination-dirs} controls whether Dired +should create non-existent directories in @var{new}. + Dired automatically changes the visited file name of buffers associated with renamed files so that they refer to the new names. @@ -875,27 +906,33 @@ treat it specially. @item Otherwise, if the command string contains @samp{?} surrounded by -whitespace, Emacs runs the shell command once @emph{for each file}, -substituting the current file name for @samp{?} each time. You can -use @samp{?} more than once in the command; the same file name -replaces each occurrence. +whitespace or @samp{`?`}, Emacs runs the shell command once +@emph{for each file}, substituting the current file name for @samp{?} +and @samp{`?`} each time. You can use both @samp{?} or @samp{`?`} more +than once in the command; the same file name replaces each occurrence. +If you mix them with @samp{*} the command signals an error. @item -If the command string contains neither @samp{*} nor @samp{?}, Emacs -runs the shell command once for each file, adding the file name at the +If the command string contains neither @samp{*} nor @samp{?} nor @samp{`?`}, +Emacs runs the shell command once for each file, adding the file name at the end. For example, @kbd{! uudecode @key{RET}} runs @code{uudecode} on each file. @end itemize - To iterate over the file names in a more complicated fashion, use an -explicit shell loop. For example, here is how to uuencode each file, -making the output file name by appending @samp{.uu} to the input file -name: + To iterate over the file names in a more complicated fashion, you might +prefer to use an explicit shell loop. For example, here is how to uuencode +each file, making the output file name by appending @samp{.uu} to the input +file name: @example for file in * ; do uuencode "$file" "$file" >"$file".uu; done @end example +The same example with @samp{`?`} notation: +@example +uuencode ? ? > `?`.uu +@end example + The @kbd{!} and @kbd{&} commands do not attempt to update the Dired buffer to show new or modified files, because they don't know what files will be changed. Use the @kbd{g} command to update the Dired @@ -1109,7 +1146,7 @@ parent directory. @findex dired-next-dirline @kindex > @r{(Dired)} @item > -Move down to the next directory-file line (@code{dired-prev-dirline}). +Move down to the next directory-file line (@code{dired-next-dirline}). @end table @node Hiding Subdirectories @@ -1407,7 +1444,7 @@ rotation is lossless, and uses an external utility called JpegTRAN. @kindex + @r{(Dired)} @findex dired-create-directory The command @kbd{+} (@code{dired-create-directory}) reads a -directory name, and creates that directory. It signals an error if +directory's name, and creates that directory. It signals an error if the directory already exists. @cindex searching multiple files via Dired |