Re: master 739593d 3/5: Make gnus-copy-file act like copy-file etc.

[Katsumi Yamaoka]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:12:03 -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
> On 9/11/2017 7:14 PM, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:31:30 -0400, Paul Eggert wrote:
>>>      Make gnus-copy-file act like copy-file etc.

>> Er, isn't it necessary to make `copy-file' allow a destination
>> directory for the second argument NEWNAME?

> It has to be a directory name, not just a directory.  See etc/NEWS,
> "** Several functions that create or rename files now treat their...".

>> M-x gnus-copy-file RET ~/foo RET /tmp RET
>>   => File already exists: /tmp

> Try /tmp/ instead of /tmp.

I see.  Thanks.
But it might have to be documented in also the Gnus manual, as
`gnus-summary-save-article' that uses the function doesn't
specify a destination and a user has to enter the directory name.
IMHO, reverting the change would be better.

Regards,