From dab71b2c8dad8b824396aa038911a24d3c03e9ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Fogel Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:36:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (file-precious-flag): Document that this flag is advisory. --- lisp/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ lisp/files.el | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 9110f890267..478d0d8c52a 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-11-14 Karl Fogel + + * files.el (file-precious-flag): Document that this flag is + advisory. + 2008-11-14 Shigeru Fukaya * emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-associative) diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index ff6d1847523..b36b0af8322 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -239,7 +239,11 @@ and there is never any instant where the file is nonexistent. Note that this feature forces backups to be made by copying. Yet, at the same time, saving a precious file -breaks any hard links between it and other files." +breaks any hard links between it and other files. + +This feature is advisory: for example, if the directory in which the +file is being saved is not writeable, Emacs may ignore a non-nil value +of `file-precious-flag' and write directly into the file." :type 'boolean :group 'backup) -- 2.11.4.GIT