comparison lispref/files.texi @ 39296:5f4f6cf4a868

(File Attributes): Document that the device number can also be a cons cell.

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number is too large to be represented as an integer in Emacs Lisp, then
the value has the form @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})}, where @var{low}
holds the low 16 bits.

@item
The file system number of the file system that the file is in.  This
element and the file's inode number together give enough information to
distinguish any two files on the system---no two files can have the same
values for both of these numbers.
@end enumerate

For example, here are the file attributes for @file{files.texi}:

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number is too large to be represented as an integer in Emacs Lisp, then
the value has the form @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})}, where @var{low}
holds the low 16 bits.

@item
The file system number of the file system that the file is in.
Depending on the magnitude of the value, this can be either an integer
or a cons cell, in the same manner as the inode number.  This element
and the file's inode number together give enough information to
distinguish any two files on the system---no two files can have the same
values for both of these numbers.
@end enumerate

For example, here are the file attributes for @file{files.texi}: