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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>2002-04-23 17:40:36 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>2002-04-23 17:40:36 +0000
commit314dbe9a7f28624812679ebc458f03cf1ba12ab2 (patch)
treeec4a5c0de229cd3fd5b7467a42e84e254eb6f1db /src/buffer.c
parent3a2ceb9e9c31603a154223e177043761a60d4228 (diff)
downloademacs-314dbe9a7f28624812679ebc458f03cf1ba12ab2.tar.gz
(init_buffer): Fix PWD comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/buffer.c')
-rw-r--r--src/buffer.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 6acb2ae624a..b2d8ada9a97 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -4973,8 +4973,9 @@ init_buffer ()
if (NILP (buffer_defaults.enable_multibyte_characters))
Fset_buffer_multibyte (Qnil);
- /* If PWD is accurate, use it instead of calling getwd. This is faster
- when PWD is right, and may avoid a fatal error. */
+ /* If PWD is accurate, use it instead of calling getwd. PWD is
+ sometimes a nicer name, and using it may avoid a fatal error if a
+ parent directory is searchable but not readable. */
if ((pwd = getenv ("PWD")) != 0
&& (IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (*pwd) || (*pwd && IS_DEVICE_SEP (pwd[1])))
&& stat (pwd, &pwdstat) == 0