[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/lispref/files.texi,v

[Stefan Monnier]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Stefan Monnier <monnier>        08/02/06 03:16:11

Index: doc/lispref/files.texi
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/files.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- doc/lispref/files.texi      8 Jan 2008 20:45:47 -0000       1.3
+++ doc/lispref/files.texi      6 Feb 2008 03:16:10 -0000       1.4
@@ -2800,10 +2800,12 @@
 @end defun
 
 @defun unhandled-file-name-directory filename
-This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic.  It
-uses the directory part of @var{filename} if that is not magic.  For a
-magic file name, it invokes the file name handler, which therefore
-decides what value to return.
+This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic.
+It uses the directory part of @var{filename} if that is not magic.
+For a magic file name, it invokes the file name handler, which
+therefore decides what value to return.  If @var{filename} is not
+accessible from a local process, then the file name handler should
+indicate it by returning nil.
 
 This is useful for running a subprocess; every subprocess must have a
 non-magic directory to serve as its current directory, and this function