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(Feature request w/ patch) wdired should create directories needed for destination files

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Message #17 received at 6817 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com>, 6817 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 John Wiegley <johnw <at> gnu.org>, Phil Sung <philbert <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#6817: (Feature request w/ patch) wdired should create
 directories needed for destination files
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:00:46 +1030

John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> Ingo Lohmar <i.lohmar <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I've been running with this patch for years (though not extensively using
>> it), and it has never failed me. I think this is a very useful addition, and
>> would also like the "t"-default, though that is not essential..
>
> I think that having wdired DRTR with regard to what the renamed version of a
> file should "mean" (i.e., if it implies the existence of directories that
> don't yet exist, and so create them), sounds useful to me.

Ok; I'll apply the patch to the trunk.

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