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| author | Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> | 2013-12-17 23:09:13 +0800 |
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| committer | Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> | 2013-12-17 23:09:13 +0800 |
| commit | e2f6a0bc3478ee7a0fcfc31e77316aa2e054a162 (patch) | |
| tree | e75f0bc389fb16864e0379aef5e8708c02199d58 /lisp/files.el | |
| parent | 35b249a653c0f855d6d0d421be216e6465585ce4 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-e2f6a0bc3478ee7a0fcfc31e77316aa2e054a162.tar.gz | |
* files.el (break-hardlink-on-save): Doc fix.
Suggested by Xue Fuqiao.
Fixes: debbugs:13801
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/files.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 229770006c7..b864b6e4c57 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -248,10 +248,12 @@ See also: `break-hardlink-on-save'." :group 'backup) (defcustom break-hardlink-on-save nil - "Non-nil means when saving a file that exists under several names -\(i.e., has multiple hardlinks), break the hardlink associated with -`buffer-file-name' and write to a new file, so that the other -instances of the file are not affected by the save. + "Whether to allow breaking hardlinks when saving files. +If non-nil, then when saving a file that exists under several +names \(i.e., has multiple hardlinks), break the hardlink +associated with `buffer-file-name' and write to a new file, so +that the other instances of the file are not affected by the +save. If `buffer-file-name' refers to a symlink, do not break the symlink. |