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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired.el | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el index 350f6a7d2e3..2733372eb7b 100644 --- a/lisp/dired.el +++ b/lisp/dired.el @@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ 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. +Options that include embedded whitespace must be quoted +like this: \\\"--option=value with spaces\\\"; you can use +`combine-and-quote-strings' to produce the correct quoting of +each option. 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' in `ls-lisp.el' for more details." diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 2833ec5c124..03d6df4c037 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -6582,7 +6582,7 @@ normally equivalent short `-D' option is just passed on to (unless (equal switches "") ;; Split the switches at any spaces so we can ;; pass separate options as separate args. - (split-string switches))) + (split-string-and-unquote switches))) ;; Avoid lossage if FILE starts with `-'. '("--") (progn |