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; Improve documentation of 'unhandled-file-name-directory'

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* doc/lispref/files.texi (Magic File Names): Better wording for the
last change in the documentation of 'unhandled-file-name-directory'.
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Eli Zaretskii 2015-10-29 19:48:18 +02:00
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@ -3081,12 +3081,12 @@ making connections when they don't exist.
@end defun
@defun unhandled-file-name-directory filename
This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic. It
turns @var{filename} into a directory name if that is not magic. For a
magic file name, it invokes the file name handler, which therefore
decides what value to return. If @var{filename} is not accessible
from a local process, then the file name handler should indicate it by
returning @code{nil}.
This function returns the name of a directory that is not magic. For
a non-magic @var{filename} it returns the corresponding directory name
(@pxref{Directory Names}). For a magic @var{filename}, it invokes the
file name handler, which therefore decides what value to return. If
@var{filename} is not accessible from a local process, then the file
name handler should indicate that by returning @code{nil}.
This is useful for running a subprocess; every subprocess must have a
non-magic directory to serve as its current directory, and this function