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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs/files.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/files.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index 7221edcc1b2..f5dd408cc9f 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -690,8 +690,9 @@ non-@code{nil} (the default is @code{t}), and renaming would change the file's owner or group, use copying. If you change @code{backup-by-copying-when-mismatch} to @code{nil}, -Emacs checks the numeric user-id of the file's owner. If this is -higher than @code{backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch}, then it +Emacs checks the numeric user-id of the file's owner and the numeric +group-id of the file's group. If either is +no greater than @code{backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch}, then it behaves as though @code{backup-by-copying-when-mismatch} is non-@code{nil} anyway. |