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[PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 36408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36408: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:19:03 -0400

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  > > -       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
  > > can read it.)
  > > +       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
  > > can read it).

In this case, the latter is correct.  You put a period inside the
parentheses only when its contents consist of complete sentences.

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