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authorKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1994-03-03 17:28:52 +0000
committerKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1994-03-03 17:28:52 +0000
commit7d806fcdabceb80ce190230dffb9f553e1251628 (patch)
tree817df861b637192015d69dd71511bc2aa63c4323 /lisp/files.el
parentf14dbba77153ebcd65ae0e7023f678031887e92e (diff)
downloademacs-7d806fcdabceb80ce190230dffb9f553e1251628.tar.gz
(buffer-file-truename): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 1ca1369d250..831cb6d27d7 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ The truename of a file is found by chasing all links
both at the file level and at the levels of the containing directories.")
(defvar buffer-file-truename nil
- "The truename of the file visited in the current buffer.
+ "The abbreviated truename of the file visited in the current buffer.
+That is, (abbreviated-file-name (file-truename buffer-file-name)).
This variable is automatically local in all buffers, when non-nil.")
(make-variable-buffer-local 'buffer-file-truename)
(put 'buffer-file-truename 'permanent-local t)