Function: dired-find-alternate-file

dired-find-alternate-file is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in dired.el.gz.

Signature

(dired-find-alternate-file)

Documentation

In Dired, visit file or directory on current line via find-alternate-file.

This kills the Dired buffer, then visits the current line's file or directory.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defun dired-find-alternate-file ()
  "In Dired, visit file or directory on current line via `find-alternate-file'.
This kills the Dired buffer, then visits the current line's file or directory."
  (interactive)
  (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
  (find-alternate-file (dired-get-file-for-visit)))