From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27982: 25.1.50; expand-file-name docstring on how to traverse the filesystem Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:50:29 +0300 Message-ID: <83378i9nrv.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tw1lkjt8.fsf@members.fsf.org> <83r2wotz6i.fsf@gnu.org> <86bmn6o4tr.fsf@members.fsf.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1503510744 7504 195.159.176.226 (23 Aug 2017 17:52:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:52:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 27982@debbugs.gnu.org To: Nicolas Richard Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 23 19:52:18 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZp5-0001KI-1U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:52:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45052 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZpB-0000qC-Ec for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:52:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39917) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZoz-0000nt-Ue for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZow-0006rg-Sz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42977) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZow-0006rc-Ox for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZow-0000TZ-F2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:52:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27982 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 27982-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27982.15035106681766 (code B ref 27982); Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27982) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Aug 2017 17:51:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51658 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZo4-0000SQ-38 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:51:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48614) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZo2-0000Rx-BF for 27982@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZnt-00067I-MR for 27982@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:51:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52456) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZnt-00067D-J3; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:50:57 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3759 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dkZnr-0003iP-2K; Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:50:57 -0400 In-reply-to: <86bmn6o4tr.fsf@members.fsf.org> (message from Nicolas Richard on Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:18:24 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136110 Archived-At: > From: Nicolas Richard > Cc: 27982@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:18:24 +0200 > > (let ((dirname current-directory)) > (format "%s versus %s" > (directory-file-name (file-name-directory dirname)) > (expand-file-name ".." dirname))) > => "/home/youngfrog versus /home" > => Effect is clearly different. Crystal ball says that current-directory (which you probably meant to be default-directory instead) ends in a slash, in which case remove it, and the 2 results will match.