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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/files.texi | 5 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index db2ecc08f95..4d2761ed419 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -1481,7 +1481,10 @@ in @code{exec-path}, and tries all the file-name extensions in @cindex setting modes of files The functions in this section rename, copy, delete, link, and set -the modes (permissions) of files. +the modes (permissions) of files. They all signal a @code{file-error} +error if they fail to perform their function, reporting the +system-dependent error message that describes the reason for the +failure. In the functions that have an argument @var{newname}, if a file by the name of @var{newname} already exists, the actions taken depend on the |