(defun dired-map-dired-file-lines (fun)
;; Perform FUN with point at the end of each non-directory line.
- ;; FUN takes one argument, the filename (complete pathname).
+ ;; FUN takes one argument, the absolute filename.
(save-excursion
(let (file buffer-read-only)
(goto-char (point-min))
;; For .z, try gunzip. It might be an old gzip file,
;; or it might be from compact? pack? (which?) but gunzip handles both.
("\\.z\\'" "" "gunzip")
+ ("\\.bz2\\'" "" "bunzip2")
;; This item controls naming for compression.
("\\.tar\\'" ".tgz" nil))
"Control changes in file name suffixes for compression and uncompression.
(defun dired-relist-entry (file)
;; Relist the line for FILE, or just add it if it did not exist.
- ;; FILE must be an absolute pathname.
+ ;; FILE must be an absolute file name.
(let (buffer-read-only marker)
;; If cursor is already on FILE's line delete-region will cause
;; save-excursion to fail because of floating makers,
Special value `always' suppresses confirmation."
:type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
(const :tag "suppress" always)
- (sexp :tag "ask" :format "%t\n" t))
+ (other :tag "ask" t))
:group 'dired)
(defvar dired-overwrite-confirmed)
;; OPERATION (a capitalized string, e.g. `Copy') describes the
;; operation performed. It is used for error logging.
-;; FN-LIST is the list of files to copy (full absolute pathnames).
+;; FN-LIST is the list of files to copy (full absolute file names).
;; NAME-CONSTRUCTOR returns a newfile for every oldfile, or nil to
;; skip. If it skips files for other reasons than a direct user
;; ARG as in dired-get-marked-files.
;; Matches each marked file against REGEXP and constructs the new
;; filename from NEWNAME (like in function replace-match).
- ;; Optional arg WHOLE-PATH means match/replace the whole pathname
+ ;; Optional arg WHOLE-PATH means match/replace the whole file name
;; instead of only the non-directory part of the file.
;; Optional arg MARKER-CHAR as in dired-create-files.
(let* ((fn-list (dired-get-marked-files nil arg))
what to do with it. For directions, type \\[help-command] at that time.
NEWNAME may contain \\=\\<n> or \\& as in `query-replace-regexp'.
REGEXP defaults to the last regexp used.
-With a zero prefix arg, renaming by regexp affects the complete
- pathname - usually only the non-directory part of file names is used
- and changed."
+
+With a zero prefix arg, renaming by regexp affects the absolute file name.
+Normally, only the non-directory part of the file name is used and changed."
(interactive (dired-mark-read-regexp "Rename"))
(dired-do-create-files-regexp
(function dired-rename-file)
(run-hooks 'dired-after-readin-hook))))))
(defun dired-tree-lessp (dir1 dir2)
- ;; Lexicographic order on pathname components, like `ls -lR':
+ ;; Lexicographic order on file name components, like `ls -lR':
;; DIR1 < DIR2 iff DIR1 comes *before* DIR2 in an `ls -lR' listing,
;; i.e., iff DIR1 is a (grand)parent dir of DIR2,
;; or DIR1 and DIR2 are in the same parentdir and their last
\f
;;;###autoload
(defun dired-mark-subdir-files ()
- "Mark all files except `.' and `..'."
+ "Mark all files except `.' and `..' in current subdirectory.
+If the Dired buffer shows multiple directories, this command
+marks the files listed in the subdirectory that point is in."
(interactive)
(let ((p-min (dired-subdir-min)))
(dired-mark-files-in-region p-min (dired-subdir-max))))