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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-01-10 21:37:31 -0500
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-01-10 21:37:31 -0500
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downloademacs-090446227fc1de9a69449cda72bbf541c32a7f86.tar.gz
* lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Doc fix.
(Inspired by the Emacs manual.)
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2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 7cdb5217c14..fedbe71d516 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
2012-01-11 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
* dired-aux.el (dired-do-shell-command): Fix */? logic. (Bug#6561)
+ Doc fix.
2012-01-10 Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el
index 19ed74b2078..2d05be312eb 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-aux.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el
@@ -576,8 +576,11 @@ file name added at the end of COMMAND (separated by a space).
`*' and `?' when not surrounded by whitespace have no special
significance for `dired-do-shell-command', and are passed through
-normally to the shell, but you must confirm first. To pass `*' by
-itself to the shell as a wildcard, type `*\"\"'.
+normally to the shell, but you must confirm first.
+
+If you want to use `*' as a shell wildcard with whitespace around
+it, write `*\"\"' in place of just `*'. This is equivalent to just
+`*' in the shell, but avoids Dired's special handling.
If COMMAND produces output, it goes to a separate buffer.