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Diffstat (limited to 'src/filelock.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/filelock.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/filelock.c b/src/filelock.c index 7acee1f8ddd..3dc5f6d68d6 100644 --- a/src/filelock.c +++ b/src/filelock.c @@ -772,8 +772,11 @@ unlock_all_files (void) } DEFUN ("lock-file", Flock_file, Slock_file, 1, 1, 0, - doc: /* Lock FILE. -If the option `create-lockfiles' is nil, this does nothing. */) + doc: /* Check whether FILE was modified since it was visited, and lock it. +If user option `create-lockfiles' is nil, this does not create +a lock file for FILE, but it still checks whether FILE was modified +outside of the current Emacs session, and if so, asks the user +whether to modify FILE. */) (Lisp_Object file) { #ifndef MSDOS |