GNU bug report logs - #6396
24.0.50; doc string of `make-directory'

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; doc string of `make-directory'
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:44:56 -0700

From the doc string:
 
"Noninteractively, the second (optional) argument PARENTS says whether
to create parent directories if they don't exist.  Interactively,
this happens by default."
 
HOW does it say whether to create parent dirs?
What value(s) say to do that? What value(s) say not to do that?
 
"this happens by default": What happens by default? If you mean to say
that for interactive use parent dirs are always created (when
nonexistent), then say that.
 

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-06-07 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/xpm/include'
 

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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6396: 24.0.50; doc string of `make-directory'
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:21:50 -0600

Drew Adams wrote:
> From the doc string:
>  
> "Noninteractively, the second (optional) argument PARENTS says whether
> to create parent directories if they don't exist.  Interactively,
> this happens by default."
>  
> HOW does it say whether to create parent dirs?
> What value(s) say to do that? What value(s) say not to do that?
>  
> "this happens by default": What happens by default? If you mean to say
> that for interactive use parent dirs are always created (when
> nonexistent), then say that.

Interactively, always create nonexistent parent directories.
Noninteractively, create nonexistent parent directories when the second
(optional) argument PARENTS is non-nil.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 6396-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6396: 24.0.50; doc string of `make-directory'
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:20:44 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:44:56 -0700
> Cc: 
> 
> From the doc string:
>  
> "Noninteractively, the second (optional) argument PARENTS says whether
> to create parent directories if they don't exist.  Interactively,
> this happens by default."
>  
> HOW does it say whether to create parent dirs?
> What value(s) say to do that? What value(s) say not to do that?

Fixed in revno 100589.

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