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changeset 36326:70c08680c0bf
(Visiting): Add a note about visiting file archives.
From Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:40:00 +0000 |
| parents | cf1b9eaadeaf |
| children | f32c31c60f60 |
| files | man/files.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/files.texi Fri Feb 23 11:27:08 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Fri Feb 23 11:40:00 2001 +0000 @@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ variable @code{find-file-run-dired} is @code{nil}, then it is an error to try to visit a directory. + Files which are actually collections of other files, or @dfn{file +archives}, are visited in special modes which invoke a Dired-like +environment to allow operations on archive members. @xref{File +Archives}, for more about these features. + @cindex wildcard characters in file names @vindex find-file-wildcards If the file name you specify contains shell-style wildcard