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Improve documentation of functions that change files

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* doc/lispref/files.texi (Changing Files): Document that these
functions signal an error on failure.
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Eli Zaretskii 2015-10-19 08:31:58 +03:00
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@ -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