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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2006-12-16 12:31:22 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2006-12-16 12:31:22 +0000
commit750998846b03d2841067b2faa757a95e5e037b0f (patch)
tree08edde7cd5c4fc2c15e09ca21f7ce912b8048075
parent6041f4e1e23c5a7b1f655f3d1d8352aa27dca10b (diff)
downloademacs-750998846b03d2841067b2faa757a95e5e037b0f.tar.gz
(Windows Files): `w32-get-true-file-attributes' is only relevant for NTFS
volumes. (ls in Lisp): `links' in `ls-lisp-verbosity' is only relevant to NTFS volumes.
-rw-r--r--man/msdog.texi15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/msdog.texi b/man/msdog.texi
index 016e04c6b0a..2c77b0857c2 100644
--- a/man/msdog.texi
+++ b/man/msdog.texi
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ 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 the NT family of
-Windows (2K/XP/2K3), and it considerably slows down Dired and other
-features, so use it only on fast machines.
+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.
@node ls in Lisp
@section Emulation of @code{ls} on MS-Windows
@@ -234,10 +234,11 @@ that @file{ls-lisp.el} displays. The value should be a list that
contains one or more of the symbols @code{links}, @code{uid}, and
@code{gid}. @code{links} means display the count of different file
names that are associated with (a.k.a.@: @dfn{links to}) the file's
-data. @code{uid} means display the numerical identifier of the user
-who owns the file. @code{gid} means display the numerical identifier
-of the file owner's group. The default value is @code{(links uid gid)}
-i.e.@: all the 3 optional attributes are displayed.
+data; this is only useful on NTFS volumes. @code{uid} means display
+the numerical identifier of the user who owns the file. @code{gid}
+means display the numerical identifier of the file owner's group. The
+default value is @code{(links uid gid)} i.e.@: all the 3 optional
+attributes are displayed.
@vindex ls-lisp-emulation
The variable @code{ls-lisp-emulation} controls the flavour of the