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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-09-14 16:54:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-09-14 16:54:19 +0000 |
| commit | 773e81c7414cb31c314b6aed201ecbe8b8619bd6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ee812741f5144b3c5c65bbb85221cdec06da83a /lispref/files.texi | |
| parent | ed7d6ba4edb564c5124303d66ab46f0e21048147 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-773e81c7414cb31c314b6aed201ecbe8b8619bd6.tar.gz | |
(File Attributes): Document that the device number can also be a cons cell.
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diff --git a/lispref/files.texi b/lispref/files.texi index c4a20ee6211..30a65e78cd2 100644 --- a/lispref/files.texi +++ b/lispref/files.texi @@ -1104,8 +1104,10 @@ the value has the form @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})}, where @var{low} holds the low 16 bits. @item -The file system number of the file system that the file is in. This -element and the file's inode number together give enough information to +The file system number of the file system that the file is in. +Depending on the magnitude of the value, this can be either an integer +or a cons cell, in the same manner as the inode number. This element +and the file's inode number together give enough information to distinguish any two files on the system---no two files can have the same values for both of these numbers. @end enumerate |