From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:43:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Windows Files): Update the documentation of w32-get-true-file-attributes. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.2.90~136 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d1712a51db8c8413f7b393103d009d84ae607774;p=emacs.git (Windows Files): Update the documentation of w32-get-true-file-attributes. --- diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 929f5ccb53b..83f3fac3cbf 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,7 +1,12 @@ +2008-05-10 Eli Zaretskii + + * msdog.texi (Windows Files): Update the documentation of + w32-get-true-file-attributes. + 2008-05-08 Chong Yidong * killing.texi (Appending Kills): Remove a strangely off-topic index - entry. + entry "television". 2008-04-13 Reiner Steib diff --git a/man/msdog.texi b/man/msdog.texi index 81dc126ea17..fd38a4145b3 100644 --- a/man/msdog.texi +++ b/man/msdog.texi @@ -171,11 +171,13 @@ backslash, and also knows about drive letters in file names. default ignores letter-case in file names during completion. @vindex w32-get-true-file-attributes - If the variable @code{w32-get-true-file-attributes} is -non-@code{nil} (the default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate -link counts for files. This option is only useful on NTFS volumes, -and it considerably slows down Dired and other features, so use it -only on fast machines. + If the variable @code{w32-get-true-file-attributes} is @code{local} +(the default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate link counts and +file types for files on local fixed drives. Any other non-@code{nil} +value means do this even on remote and removable volumes, where it +could slow down Dired and other similar features; @code{nil} means +never do this. Setting this option to non-@code{nil} is only useful +on NTFS volumes. @node ls in Lisp @section Emulation of @code{ls} on MS-Windows