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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 88b0382b7d1..13544298b6e 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi @@ -459,7 +459,9 @@ present in @var{args}. To avoid confusion, it may be best to avoid absolute file names in @var{args}, but rather to specify all file names as relative to @code{default-directory}. The function @code{file-relative-name} is useful for constructing such relative -file names. +file names. Alternatively, you can use @code{file-local-name} +(@pxref{Magic File Names}) to obtain an absolute file name as seen +from the remote host's perspective. @end defun @defvar process-file-side-effects @@ -842,7 +844,12 @@ In the latter case, the local part of @code{default-directory} becomes the working directory of the process. This function does not try to invoke file name handlers for -@var{program} or for the rest of @var{args}. +@var{program} or for the rest of @var{args}. For that reason, if +@var{program} or any of @var{args} use the remote-file syntax +(@pxref{Magic File Names}), they must be converted either to file +names relative to @code{default-directory}, or to names that identify +the files locally on the remote host, by running them through +@code{file-local-name}. Depending on the implementation of the file name handler, it might not be possible to apply @code{process-filter} or @code{process-sentinel} to |