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Diffstat (limited to 'src/dired.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/dired.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c index c4cda400a06..70c5bb24b4e 100644 --- a/src/dired.c +++ b/src/dired.c @@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ Elements of the attribute list are: 0. t for directory, string (name linked to) for symbolic link, or nil. 1. Number of links to file. 2. File uid as a string or a number. If a string value cannot be - looked up, an integer value is returned. + looked up, an integer value is returned, which could be a fixnum, + if it's small enough, otherwise a bignum. 3. File gid, likewise. 4. Last access time, as a list of integers (HIGH LOW USEC PSEC) in the same style as (current-time). @@ -876,16 +877,14 @@ Elements of the attribute list are: change to the file's contents. 6. Last status change time, likewise. This is the time of last change to the file's attributes: owner and group, access mode bits, etc. - 7. Size in bytes. + 7. Size in bytes, which could be a fixnum, if it's small enough, + otherwise a bignum. 8. File modes, as a string of ten letters or dashes as in ls -l. 9. An unspecified value, present only for backward compatibility. -10. inode number. If it is larger than what an Emacs integer can hold, - this is of the form (HIGH . LOW): first the high bits, then the low 16 bits. - If even HIGH is too large for an Emacs integer, this is instead of the form - (HIGH MIDDLE . LOW): first the high bits, then the middle 24 bits, - and finally the low 16 bits. -11. Filesystem device number. If it is larger than what the Emacs - integer can hold, this is a cons cell, similar to the inode number. +10. inode number, which could be a fixnum, if it's small enough, + otherwise a bignum. +11. Filesystem device number. If it is larger than what a fixnum + can hold, it is a bignum. On most filesystems, the combination of the inode and the device number uniquely identifies the file. |