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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index c790aa58810..ffa8e0a328f 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -765,12 +765,12 @@ This is an interface to the function `load'." (defun file-remote-p (file &optional identification connected) "Test whether FILE specifies a location on a remote system. -Return an identification of the system if the location is indeed -remote. The identification of the system may comprise a method -to access the system and its hostname, amongst other things. - -For example, the filename \"/user@host:/foo\" specifies a location -on the system \"/user@host:\". +Returns nil or a string identifying the remote connection (ideally +a prefix of FILE). For example, the remote identification for filename +\"/user@host:/foo\" could be \"/user@host:\". +A file is considered \"remote\" if accessing it is likely to be slower or +less reliable than accessing local files. +Furthermore, relative file names do not work across remote connections. IDENTIFICATION specifies which part of the identification shall be returned as string. IDENTIFICATION can be the symbol |