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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/files.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index 3ffc2967311..d529c22b760 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -1555,7 +1555,8 @@ This subroutine converts a symbolic specification of file mode bits in @var{modes} into the equivalent numeric value. If the symbolic specification is based on an existing file, that file's mode bits are taken from the optional argument @var{base-modes}; if that argument is -omitted or nil, it defaults to zero, i.e.@: no access rights at all. +omitted or @code{nil}, it defaults to zero, i.e.@: no access rights at +all. @end defun @defun set-file-times filename &optional time @@ -2801,12 +2802,12 @@ making connections when they don't exist. @end defun @defun unhandled-file-name-directory filename -This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic. -It uses the directory part of @var{filename} if that is not magic. -For a magic file name, it invokes the file name handler, which -therefore decides what value to return. If @var{filename} is not -accessible from a local process, then the file name handler should -indicate it by returning nil. +This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic. It +uses the directory part of @var{filename} if that is not magic. For a +magic file name, it invokes the file name handler, which therefore +decides what value to return. If @var{filename} is not accessible +from a local process, then the file name handler should indicate it by +returning @code{nil}. This is useful for running a subprocess; every subprocess must have a non-magic directory to serve as its current directory, and this function |