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| -rw-r--r-- | src/dired.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c index f4102ff6edb..e833ceb216b 100644 --- a/src/dired.c +++ b/src/dired.c @@ -914,7 +914,13 @@ Elements of the attribute list are: call the corresponding file handler. */ handler = Ffind_file_name_handler (filename, Qfile_attributes); if (!NILP (handler)) - return call3 (handler, Qfile_attributes, filename, id_format); + { /* Only pass the extra arg if it is used to help backward compatibility + with old file handlers which do not implement the new arg. --Stef */ + if (NILP (id_format)) + return call2 (handler, Qfile_attributes, filename); + else + return call3 (handler, Qfile_attributes, filename, id_format); + } encoded = ENCODE_FILE (filename); |