# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1006249088 0
# Node ID db9182517100687a7f9a32aa48f214c6eed0bd38
# Parent  df80eb072b4589a6c73ee641dcbc08390581c3e4
(dired-listing-switches): Mention in the doc string
that some switches are not supported by ls-lisp.el

diff -r df80eb072b45 -r db9182517100 lisp/dired.el
--- a/lisp/dired.el	Tue Nov 20 00:17:25 2001 +0000
+++ b/lisp/dired.el	Tue Nov 20 09:38:08 2001 +0000
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@
   "*Switches passed to `ls' for dired.  MUST contain the `l' option.
 May contain all other options that don't contradict `-l';
 may contain even `F', `b', `i' and `s'.  See also the variable
-`dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch."
+`dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks' concerning the `F' switch.
+On systems such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, which use `ls' emulation in Lisp,
+some of the `ls' switches are not supported; see the doc string of
+`insert-directory' on ls-lisp.el for more details."
   :type 'string
   :group 'dired)