[Emacs-diffs] trunk r113959: Document problems with Windows file names that end in blanks.

[Eli Zaretskii]

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revno: 113959
revision-id: address@hidden
parent: address@hidden
fixes bug: http://debbugs.gnu.org/15130
committer: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Tue 2013-08-20 17:49:09 +0300
message:
  Document problems with Windows file names that end in blanks.
  
   doc/lispref/files.texi (Information about Files): Mention file names with
   trailing blanks on MS-Windows.  (Bug#15130)
modified:
  doc/lispref/ChangeLog          changelog-20091113204419-o5vbwnq5f7feedwu-6155
  doc/lispref/files.texi         files.texi-20091113204419-o5vbwnq5f7feedwu-6179

=== modified file 'doc/lispref/ChangeLog'
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog     2013-08-18 23:12:32 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog     2013-08-20 14:49:09 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-08-20  Eli Zaretskii  <address@hidden>
+
+       * files.texi (Information about Files): Mention file names with
+       trailing blanks on MS-Windows.  (Bug#15130)
+
 2013-08-18  Xue Fuqiao  <address@hidden>
 
        * positions.texi (Positions): Improve indexing.

=== modified file 'doc/lispref/files.texi'
--- a/doc/lispref/files.texi    2013-07-24 13:10:38 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/files.texi    2013-08-20 14:49:09 +0000
@@ -776,6 +776,14 @@
 arguments must all exist as actual files or directories unless
 otherwise noted.
 
address@hidden file names, trailing whitespace
address@hidden trailing blanks in file names
+Be careful with file names that end in blanks: some filesystems
+(notably, MS-Windows) will ignore trailing whitespace in file names,
+and return information about the file after stripping those blanks
+from the name, not about the file whose name you passed to the
+functions described in this section.
+
 @menu
 * Testing Accessibility::   Is a given file readable?  Writable?
 * Kinds of Files::          Is it a directory?  A symbolic link?