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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref/files.texi')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/files.texi b/doc/lispref/files.texi index 18a1f4908d6..fba9622fecf 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/files.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi @@ -856,8 +856,7 @@ systems, this is true if the file exists and you have execute permission on the containing directories, regardless of the permissions of the file itself.) -If the file does not exist, or if access control policies prevent you -from finding its attributes, this function returns @code{nil}. +If the file does not exist, this function returns @code{nil}. Directories are files, so @code{file-exists-p} can return @code{t} when given a directory. However, because @code{file-exists-p} follows @@ -1262,7 +1261,7 @@ on the 19th, @file{aug-20} was written on the 20th, and the file @defun file-attributes filename &optional id-format @anchor{Definition of file-attributes} This function returns a list of attributes of file @var{filename}. If -the specified file's attributes cannot be accessed, it returns @code{nil}. +the specified file does not exist, it returns @code{nil}. This function does not follow symbolic links. The optional parameter @var{id-format} specifies the preferred format of attributes @acronym{UID} and @acronym{GID} (see below)---the @@ -1464,9 +1463,8 @@ The underlying ACL implementation is platform-specific; on GNU/Linux and BSD, Emacs uses the POSIX ACL interface, while on MS-Windows Emacs emulates the POSIX ACL interface with native file security APIs. -If Emacs was not compiled with ACL support, or the file does not exist -or is inaccessible, or Emacs was unable to determine the ACL entries -for any other reason, then the return value is @code{nil}. +If ACLs are not supported or the file does not exist, +then the return value is @code{nil}. @end defun @defun file-selinux-context filename @@ -1478,8 +1476,7 @@ for details about what these actually mean. The return value has the same form as what @code{set-file-selinux-context} takes for its @var{context} argument (@pxref{Changing Files}). -If Emacs was not compiled with SELinux support, or the file does not -exist or is inaccessible, or if the system does not support SELinux, +If SELinux is not supported or the file does not exist, then the return value is @code{(nil nil nil nil)}. @end defun |