(Windows Files): Update the documentation of w32-get-true-file-attributes.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 929f5ccb53b..83f3fac3cbf 100644
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+2008-05-10  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * msdog.texi (Windows Files): Update the documentation of
+        w32-get-true-file-attributes.
+
 2008-05-08  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
         * killing.texi (Appending Kills): Remove a strangely off-topic index
-        entry.
+        entry "television".
 
 2008-04-13  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/man/msdog.texi b/man/msdog.texi
index 81dc126ea17..fd38a4145b3 100644
--- a/man/msdog.texi
+++ b/man/msdog.texi
@@ -171,11 +171,13 @@ backslash, and also knows about drive letters in file names.
 default ignores letter-case in file names during completion.
 
 @vindex w32-get-true-file-attributes
-  If the variable @code{w32-get-true-file-attributes} is
-non-@code{nil} (the default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate
-link counts for files.  This option is only useful on NTFS volumes,
-and it considerably slows down Dired and other features, so use it
-only on fast machines.
+  If the variable @code{w32-get-true-file-attributes} is @code{local}
+(the default), Emacs tries to determine the accurate link counts and
+file types for files on local fixed drives.  Any other non-@code{nil}
+value means do this even on remote and removable volumes, where it
+could slow down Dired and other similar features; @code{nil} means
+never do this.  Setting this option to non-@code{nil} is only useful
+on NTFS volumes.
 
 @node ls in Lisp
 @section Emulation of @code{ls} on MS-Windows