#353 closed enhancement (fixed)
file-copy does not what I'd think when used on directories
| Reported by: | Moritz Heidkamp | Owned by: | felix winkelmann |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | 4.9.0 |
| Component: | core libraries | Version: | 4.5.x |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description
Currently, file-copy used on a directory will create an empty regular file. It is certainly true that one should not expect it to work on directories but I think signalling an error or returning #f when doing so would be more sensible than the current behavior.
Change History (6)
comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by
| Milestone: | 4.6.0 → 4.7.0 |
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| Owner: | set to felix winkelmann |
| Priority: | not urgent at all → minor |
| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
comment:3 follow-up: 4 Changed 14 years ago by
Didn't file-move do the right thing when used on directories? It'd be a shame if that worked before but now throws an error. I don't know how it works on Windows, but in Unix moving is renaming. Or do we have a separate procedure for that?
comment:4 Changed 14 years ago by
Replying to sjamaan:
Didn't file-move do the right thing when used on directories? It'd be a shame if that worked before but now throws an error. I don't know how it works on Windows, but in Unix moving is renaming. Or do we have a separate procedure for that?
file-copy and file-move only copy/move files by manually reading writing blocks of data. Mostly useless.
rename-file (library unit) does a proper rename(2) system call.
file-copyandfile-movesignal an error if used on a directory, now. See "experimental" branch.