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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/files.texi
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Richard M. Stallman |
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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/files.texi |
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Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:25:53 -0400 |
Index: emacs/lispref/files.texi
diff -c emacs/lispref/files.texi:1.53 emacs/lispref/files.texi:1.54
*** emacs/lispref/files.texi:1.53 Mon Jul 14 11:53:56 2003
--- emacs/lispref/files.texi Tue Jul 22 11:25:53 2003
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*** 948,957 ****
@var{filename}. The argument must be an absolute file name.
@end defun
! @defun file-chase-links filename
This function follows symbolic links, starting with @var{filename},
until it finds a file name which is not the name of a symbolic link.
! Then it returns that file name.
@end defun
To illustrate the difference between @code{file-chase-links} and
--- 948,959 ----
@var{filename}. The argument must be an absolute file name.
@end defun
! @defun file-chase-links filename &optional limit
This function follows symbolic links, starting with @var{filename},
until it finds a file name which is not the name of a symbolic link.
! Then it returns that file name. If you specify a number for
! @var{limit}, then after chasing through that many links, the function
! just returns what it as even if that is still a symbolic link.
@end defun
To illustrate the difference between @code{file-chase-links} and