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changeset 50501:3bf63c244c44
(Kinds of Files): Correct return value of file-symlink-p.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 09 Apr 2003 01:30:40 +0000 |
| parents | 8fcca6e6a7a1 |
| children | c94093d2e642 |
| files | lispref/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/files.texi Wed Apr 09 01:29:18 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/files.texi Wed Apr 09 01:30:40 2003 +0000 @@ -859,10 +859,10 @@ @defun file-symlink-p filename @cindex file symbolic links -If the file @var{filename} is a symbolic link, the @code{file-symlink-p} -function returns the file name to which it is linked. This may be the -name of a text file, a directory, or even another symbolic link, or it -may be a nonexistent file name. +If the file @var{filename} is a symbolic link, the +@code{file-symlink-p} function returns the link target as a string. +(Determining the file name that the link points to from the target is +nontrivial.) If the file @var{filename} is not a symbolic link (or there is no such file), @code{file-symlink-p} returns @code{nil}.