From 72a3bbf27e2ce7d99077486913aa2a132403e59f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 07:26:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the Archive file names tramp documentation * doc/misc/tramp.texi (Archive file names): Explicitly say how to open an archive with Tramp (bug#25076). --- doc/misc/tramp.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi index ea544218ecd..8ee4ab24cd7 100644 --- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi +++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi @@ -4164,8 +4164,10 @@ methods}. Internally, file archives are mounted via the @acronym{GVFS} @option{archive} method. A file archive is a regular file of kind @file{/path/to/dir/file.EXT}. -The extension @samp{.EXT} identifies the type of the file archive. A -file inside a file archive, called archive file name, has the name +The extension @samp{.EXT} identifies the type of the file archive. To +examine the contents of an archive with Dired, open file name as if it +were a directory (i.e., open @file{/path/to/dir/file.EXT/}). A file +inside a file archive, called archive file name, has the name @file{/path/to/dir/file.EXT/dir/file}. Most of the @ref{Magic File Names, , magic file name operations, -- 2.39.5