Variable: dired-check-symlinks

dired-check-symlinks is a customizable variable defined in dired.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Whether symlinks are checked for validity.

Set it to nil for remote directories, which suffer from a slow connection.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 31.1.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 31.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
;;; Font-lock

(defcustom dired-check-symlinks t
  "Whether symlinks are checked for validity.
Set it to nil for remote directories, which suffer from a slow connection."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'dired
  :version "31.1")