# HG changeset patch
# User Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
# Date 1251189089 0
# Node ID 862c2cba639a01c1da006e63e27a014f01363e82
# Parent  169761687b632d202c1aa5a8cfeef9c04355c4b0
* processes.texi (Synchronous Processes): New defvar process-file-side-effects.

diff -r 169761687b63 -r 862c2cba639a doc/lispref/processes.texi
--- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi	Tue Aug 25 07:36:49 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi	Tue Aug 25 08:31:29 2009 +0000
@@ -404,6 +404,19 @@
 file names.
 @end defun
 
+@defvar process-file-side-effects
+This variable indicates, whether a call of @code{process-file} changes
+remote files.
+
+Per default, this variable is always set to @code{t}, meaning that a
+call of @code{process-file} could potentially change any file on a
+remote host.  When set to @code{nil}, a file handler could optimize
+its behaviour with respect to remote file attributes caching.
+
+This variable should never be changed by @code{setq}.  Instead of, it
+shall be set only by let-binding.
+@end defvar
+
 @defun call-process-region start end program &optional delete destination display &rest args
 This function sends the text from @var{start} to @var{end} as
 standard input to a process running @var{program}.  It deletes the text