Emacs Lisp: File and Directory Functions

Here's the most useful functions for file and directory.

Functions on File

Basic functions on file and directory.

file-exists-p

rename-file

(rename-file "~/test1.txt" "~/test2.txt")

copy-file

(copy-file "~/test1.txt" "~/test2.txt")

delete-file

(delete-file "~/test2.txt")

set-file-modes

• (info "(elisp) Changing Files")
• (info "(elisp) Files")

Functions on Directory

directory-files

make-directory

delete-directory

delete a whole dir. new in emacs 23.

(delete-directory "~/stuff" t)

copy-directory

(copy-directory "~/stuff" "~/stuff-backup")

(info "(elisp) Files")

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