Variable: dired-create-destination-dirs

dired-create-destination-dirs is a customizable variable defined in dired-aux.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Whether Dired should create destination dirs when copying/removing files.

If nil, don't create non-existent destination directories. If ask, ask the user whether to create them. If always, create them without asking.

Also see dired-create-destination-dirs-on-trailing-dirsep.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 27.1.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 27.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired-aux.el.gz
(defcustom dired-create-destination-dirs nil
  "Whether Dired should create destination dirs when copying/removing files.
If nil, don't create non-existent destination directories.
If `ask', ask the user whether to create them.
If `always', create them without asking.

Also see `dired-create-destination-dirs-on-trailing-dirsep'."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Never create non-existent dirs" nil)
		 (const :tag "Always create non-existent dirs" always)
		 (const :tag "Ask whether to create non-existent dirs" ask))
  :group 'dired
  :version "27.1")