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-This file describes specialized features of Emacs.
+This manual describes specialized features of Emacs.
Copyright (C) 2004
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@node Auto Reverting Dired
@section Auto Reverting Dired buffers
-Auto-reverting Dired buffers currently only works satisfactorily on
-GNU/Linux and Unix style operating systems.
+Auto-reverting Dired buffers currently works on GNU or Unix style
+operating systems. It may not work satisfactorily on some other
+systems.
Dired buffers only auto-revert when the file list of the buffer's main
directory changes. They do not auto-revert when information about a
If the Dired buffer is marked modified and there are no changes you
want to protect, then most of the time you can make auto-reverting
resume by manually reverting the buffer using @kbd{g}. There is one
-exception. If you flag or mark files, then, unlike for the Buffer
-Menu, you can safely revert the buffer. This will not erase the flags
-or marks (unless the marked file has been deleted, of course).
-However, the buffer will stay modified, even after reverting, and
-auto-reverting will not resume. This is because, if you flag or mark
-files, you may be working on the buffer and you might not want the
-buffer to change without warning. If you want auto-reverting to
-resume in the presence of marks and flags, mark the buffer
-non-modified using @kbd{M-~}. However, adding, deleting or changing
-marks or flags will mark it modified again.
+exception. If you flag or mark files, you can safely revert the
+buffer. This will not erase the flags or marks (unless the marked
+file has been deleted, of course). However, the buffer will stay
+modified, even after reverting, and auto-reverting will not resume.
+This is because, if you flag or mark files, you may be working on the
+buffer and you might not want the buffer to change without warning.
+If you want auto-reverting to resume in the presence of marks and
+flags, mark the buffer non-modified using @kbd{M-~}. However, adding,
+deleting or changing marks or flags will mark it modified again.
Remote Dired buffers are not auto-reverted. Neither are Dired buffers
for which you used shell wildcards or file arguments to list only some
This is especially important for buffers that automatically
auto-revert every @code{auto-revert-interval} seconds.
+Also, you may want to update the documentation string of
+@code{global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers}.
+
@ifinfo
Finally, you should add a node to this chapter's menu. This node
@end ifinfo
the buffer's default switches. If any of this yields problems, you
can easily correct the situation using @kbd{C-u i} or @kbd{C-u l}.
+Dired does not remember the @code{R} switch. Inserting a subdirectory
+with switches that include the @code{R} switch is equivalent with
+inserting each of its subdirectories using all remaining switches.
+For instance, updating or killing a subdirectory that was inserted
+with the @code{R} switch will not update or kill its subdirectories.
+
The buffer's default switches do not affect subdirectories that were
inserted using explicitly specified switches. In particular,
commands such as @kbd{s}, that change the buffer's switches do not
@printindex cp
@bye
+
+@ignore
+ arch-tag: 75c33f13-32c6-41b6-9537-847a312e2e49
+@end ignore