@var{filename} in the minibuffer.
@end deffn
+@deffn Command find-file-literally filename
+This command visits @var{filename}, like @code{find-file} does, but it
+does not perform any format conversions (@pxref{Format Conversion}),
+character code conversions (@pxref{Coding Systems}), or end-of-line
+conversions (@pxref{Coding System Basics, End of line conversion}).
+The buffer visiting the file is made unibyte, and its major mode is
+Fundamental mode, regardless of the file name. File local variable
+specifications in the file (@pxref{File Local Variables}) are
+ignored, and automatic decompression and adding a newline at the end
+of the file due to @code{require-final-newline} (@pxref{Saving
+Buffers, require-final-newline}) are also disabled.
+
+Note that if Emacs already has a buffer visiting the same file
+non-literally, it will not visit the same file literally, but instead
+just switch to the existing buffer. If you want to be sure of
+accessing a file's contents literally, you should create a temporary
+buffer and then read the file contents into it using
+@code{insert-file-contents-literally} (@pxref{Reading from Files}).
+@end deffn
+
@defun find-file-noselect filename &optional nowarn rawfile wildcards
This function is the guts of all the file-visiting functions. It
returns a buffer visiting the file @var{filename}. You may make the
used, and in many cases only some of the functions are called.
@end defvar
+@defvar find-file-literally
+This buffer-local variable, if set to a non-@code{nil} value, makes
+@code{save-buffer} behave as if the buffer were visiting its file
+literally, i.e. without conversions of any kind. The command
+@code{find-file-literally} sets this variable's local value, but other
+equivalent functions and commands can do that as well, e.g.@: to avoid
+automatic addition of a newline at the end of the file. This variable
+us permanent local, so it is unaffected by changes of major modes.
+@end defvar
+
@node Subroutines of Visiting
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@subsection Subroutines of Visiting