Re: [External] : Re: Dired C idea

[Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Are you using the C command on just one file at a time?  Or on several
> files at a time?  Or on a directory for recursive copying?

It would be one file at a time.

> I'm thinking about the case of copying a directory.  With the C
> command as it is now, you can copy a directory to make a new
> directory.  I don't think it is possible to use it to merge a
> directory's files into an existing directory.
>
> We could add the ability to do that -- it would be natural if it
> worked using rsync -- but that is a case not currently supported.
> So there is no possibility of an incompatible change in that case.

Indeed!

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