# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1210408943 0 # Node ID 8cae8b68115975ea87b96c06c3cbdd1fc1eafcf7 # Parent 8db4c99b873900bbe88e306e1bdcbad31091d6ea (Windows Files): Update the documentation of w32-get-true-file-attributes. diff -r 8db4c99b8739 -r 8cae8b681159 man/msdog.texi --- a/man/msdog.texi Sat May 10 07:58:50 2008 +0000 +++ b/man/msdog.texi Sat May 10 08:42:23 2008 +0000 @@ -171,11 +171,13 @@ default ignores letter-case in file names during completion. @vindex w32-get-true-file-attributes - If the variable @code{w32-get-true-file-attributes} is -non-@code{nil} (the default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate -link counts for files. This option is only useful on NTFS volumes, -and it considerably slows down Dired and other features, so use it -only on fast machines. + If the variable @code{w32-get-true-file-attributes} is @code{local} +(the default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate link counts and +file types for files on local fixed drives. Any other non-@code{nil} +value means do this even on remote and removable volumes, where it +could slow down Dired and other similar features; @code{nil} means +never do this. Setting this option to non-@code{nil} is only useful +on NTFS volumes. @node ls in Lisp @section Emulation of @code{ls} on MS-Windows