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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/locate.el | 7 |
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diff --git a/lisp/locate.el b/lisp/locate.el index 74a76fa4889..e00c68029cb 100644 --- a/lisp/locate.el +++ b/lisp/locate.el @@ -669,7 +669,12 @@ locate database using the shell command in `locate-update-command'." ;; Only for GNU locate (defun locate-in-alternate-database (search-string database) - "Run the GNU locate command, using an alternate database." + "Run the GNU locate command, using an alternate database. + +This command only works if you use GNU locate. It does not work +properly if `locate-prompt-for-command' is set to t. In that +case, you can just run the regular `locate' command and specify +the database on the command line." (interactive (list (progn |