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Don't claim to signal an error when deleting a nonexisting file.

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The behavior has changed in commit
1a65afb7ec to no longer signal an error
on ENOENT.

* doc/lispref/files.texi (Changing Files): Fix documentation about
error reporting.
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Philipp Stephani 2023-12-04 14:17:31 +01:00
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@ -1865,9 +1865,10 @@ multiple names, it continues to exist under the other names. If
@var{filename} is a symbolic link, @code{delete-file} deletes only the
symbolic link and not its target.
A suitable kind of @code{file-error} error is signaled if the file
does not exist, or is not deletable. (On GNU and other POSIX-like
systems, a file is deletable if its directory is writable.)
A suitable kind of @code{file-error} error is signaled is not
deletable. (On GNU and other POSIX-like systems, a file is deletable
if its directory is writable.) No error is signaled if the file does
not exist.
If the optional argument @var{trash} is non-@code{nil} and the
variable @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} is non-@code{nil}, this