From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 00:31:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (ange-ftp-reread-dir): Renamed from `re-read'.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.3~282
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4b63ae47c25cfd2ff79fbe51a3efce9a41281817;p=emacs.git

(ange-ftp-reread-dir): Renamed from `re-read'.
Old name defined as alias.  Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/ange-ftp.el b/lisp/ange-ftp.el
index 226ee04bb91..c5a8ecf4b0a 100644
--- a/lisp/ange-ftp.el
+++ b/lisp/ange-ftp.el
@@ -3853,9 +3853,15 @@ system TYPE.")
 ;;(define-key minibuffer-local-completion-map "\C-r" 'ange-ftp-re-read-dir)
 ;;(define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map "\C-r" 'ange-ftp-re-read-dir)
 
-;; Force a re-read of the directory DIR.  If DIR is omitted then it defaults
-;; to the directory part of the contents of the current buffer.
-(defun ange-ftp-re-read-dir (&optional dir)
+;; The autoload cookie is to make sure the doc is always available.
+;;;###autoload (defalias 'ange-ftp-re-read-dir ange-ftp-reread-dir)
+;;;###autoload
+(defun ange-ftp-reread-dir (&optional dir)
+  "Reread remote directory DIR to update the directory cache.
+The implementation of remote ftp file names caches directory contents
+for speed.  Therefore, when new remote files are created, Emacs
+may not know they exist.  You can use this command to reread a specific
+directory, so that Emacs will know its current contents."
   (interactive)
   (if dir
       (setq dir (expand-file-name dir))