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Document Win32 symlink behaviour; adjust tests to take it into a/c. src/ChangeLog addition: 2008-05-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * fileio.c (Fmake_symbolic_link): Document behaviour when the underlying OS doesn't support symbolic links. tests/ChangeLog addition: 2008-05-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * automated/mule-tests.el (featurep): Make sure that working symlinks are available before testing their functionality. Also, don't bomb out on deleting the other temporary files if deleting the first threw an error.
author Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
date Wed, 21 May 2008 16:55:14 +0200
parents 1e04b9c8125b
children eb82259f265d
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2197 Make a symbolic link to FILENAME, named LINKNAME. Both args strings. 2197 Make a symbolic link to FILENAME, named LINKNAME. Both args strings.
2198 Signals a `file-already-exists' error if a file LINKNAME already exists 2198 Signals a `file-already-exists' error if a file LINKNAME already exists
2199 unless optional third argument OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS is non-nil. 2199 unless optional third argument OK-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS is non-nil.
2200 A number as third arg means request confirmation if LINKNAME already exists. 2200 A number as third arg means request confirmation if LINKNAME already exists.
2201 This happens for interactive use with M-x. 2201 This happens for interactive use with M-x.
2202
2203 On platforms where symbolic links are not available, any file handlers will
2204 be run, but the check for the existence of LINKNAME will not be done, and
2205 the symbolic link will not be created.
2202 */ 2206 */
2203 (filename, linkname, ok_if_already_exists)) 2207 (filename, linkname, ok_if_already_exists))
2204 { 2208 {
2205 /* This function can GC. GC checked 1997.06.04. */ 2209 /* This function can GC. GC checked 1997.06.04. */
2206 /* XEmacs change: run handlers even if local machine doesn't have symlinks */ 2210 /* XEmacs change: run handlers even if local machine doesn't have symlinks */