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copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mcenturion <at> fing.edu.uy, 10897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10897: copy-directory create new directory when copying a symlink
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:13:03 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> Copy a symbolic link as-is. Example:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (make-directory "/ssh::/tmp/foo")
>> (write-region "baz" nil "/ssh::/tmp/foo/baz")
>> (make-symbolic-link "/ssh::/tmp/foo" "/ssh::/tmp/bar")
>> (copy-directory "/ssh::/tmp/bar" "/ssh::/tmp/bla")
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Currently, this creates a new directory "/ssh::/tmp/bla", which contains
>> the file "baz". If the new user option copy-directory-create-symlink is
>> non-nil, this should create the symlink "/ssh::/tmp/bla", pointing to
>> "/tmp/foo".
>
> Yes, sure.  We should support that with remote files as much as
> possible.

Will do. Thinking about, it makes only sense when both DIRECTORY and
NEWNAME are located on the same host. That's what I'm going to implement.

Best regards, Michael.

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