From af946aebeda5aaf2062d2c186f223ea5cacf4aec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:42:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Windows Files): Update the documentation of w32-get-true-file-attributes. --- man/msdog.texi | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.30.2