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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/dired-aux.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index 84d8c36f45f..69b175339ab 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ are executed in the background on each file sequentially waiting for each command to terminate before running the next command. In shell syntax this means separating the individual commands with `;'. -The output appears in the buffer `shell-command-buffer-name-async'." +The output appears in the buffer named by `shell-command-buffer-name-async'." (interactive (let ((files (dired-get-marked-files t current-prefix-arg nil nil t))) (list @@ -726,16 +726,16 @@ it, write `*\"\"' in place of just `*'. This is equivalent to just `*' in the shell, but avoids Dired's special handling. If COMMAND ends in `&', `;', or `;&', it is executed in the -background asynchronously, and the output appears in the buffer -`shell-command-buffer-name-async'. When operating on multiple files and COMMAND -ends in `&', the shell command is executed on each file in parallel. -However, when COMMAND ends in `;' or `;&' then commands are executed -in the background on each file sequentially waiting for each command -to terminate before running the next command. You can also use -`dired-do-async-shell-command' that automatically adds `&'. +background asynchronously, and the output appears in the buffer named +by `shell-command-buffer-name-async'. When operating on multiple files +and COMMAND ends in `&', the shell command is executed on each file +in parallel. However, when COMMAND ends in `;' or `;&', then commands +are executed in the background on each file sequentially waiting for +each command to terminate before running the next command. You can +also use `dired-do-async-shell-command' that automatically adds `&'. Otherwise, COMMAND is executed synchronously, and the output -appears in the buffer `shell-command-buffer-name'. +appears in the buffer named by `shell-command-buffer-name'. This feature does not try to redisplay Dired buffers afterward, as there's no telling what files COMMAND may have changed. |