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| author | Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> | 2008-11-14 23:36:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> | 2008-11-14 23:36:37 +0000 |
| commit | dab71b2c8dad8b824396aa038911a24d3c03e9ba (patch) | |
| tree | 8411692ff2bee88aa2fe97c615c3baa7497c8f1a /lisp/files.el | |
| parent | db65a627b0c9ac4fa48f84693c579eca79881b11 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-dab71b2c8dad8b824396aa038911a24d3c03e9ba.tar.gz | |
(file-precious-flag): Document that this flag is advisory.
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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index ff6d1847523..b36b0af8322 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -239,7 +239,11 @@ and there is never any instant where the file is nonexistent. Note that this feature forces backups to be made by copying. Yet, at the same time, saving a precious file -breaks any hard links between it and other files." +breaks any hard links between it and other files. + +This feature is advisory: for example, if the directory in which the +file is being saved is not writeable, Emacs may ignore a non-nil value +of `file-precious-flag' and write directly into the file." :type 'boolean :group 'backup) |