# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 739302110 0
# Node ID 8e53a39c0e7ea76efca4992473095114f66c936f
# Parent  c2b4a5b9c8d544acc3a17b2975a57ccccb424239
(dired-flag-backup-files): Handle `*' made by `ls -F'.

diff -r c2b4a5b9c8d5 -r 8e53a39c0e7e lisp/dired.el
--- a/lisp/dired.el	Sat Jun 05 17:35:21 1993 +0000
+++ b/lisp/dired.el	Sat Jun 05 17:41:50 1993 +0000
@@ -1735,7 +1735,16 @@
      ;; It is less than general to check for ~ here,
      ;; but it's the only way this runs fast enough.
      (and (save-excursion (end-of-line)
-			  (eq (preceding-char) ?~))
+                            (or
+                             (eq (preceding-char) ?~)
+			     ;; Handle executables in case of -F option.
+			     ;; We need not worry about the other kinds
+			     ;; of markings that -F makes, since they won't
+			     ;; appear on real backup files.
+                             (if (eq (preceding-char) ?*)
+                                 (progn
+                                   (forward-char -1)
+                                   (eq (preceding-char) ?~)))))
 	  (not (looking-at dired-re-dir))
 	  (let ((fn (dired-get-filename t t)))
 	    (if fn (backup-file-name-p fn))))