From c7c4bc11b1dbc9e17919788a409cd3ceb120f615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 13:08:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (locate-file): Doc fix. --- lisp/files.el | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index ea4799968fe..e74e1adcf3d 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -632,8 +632,13 @@ The path separator is colon in GNU and GNU-like systems." (defun locate-file (filename path &optional suffixes predicate) "Search for FILENAME through PATH. +If found, return the absolute file name of FILENAME, with its suffixes; +otherwise return nil. +PATH should be a list of directories to look in, like the lists in +`exec-path' or `load-path'. If SUFFIXES is non-nil, it should be a list of suffixes to append to file name when searching. If SUFFIXES is nil, it is equivalent to '(\"\"). +Use '(\"/\") to disable PATH search, but still try the suffixes in SUFFIXES. If non-nil, PREDICATE is used instead of `file-readable-p'. PREDICATE can also be an integer to pass to the `access' system call, in which case file-name handlers are ignored. This usage is deprecated. -- 2.39.2