From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19963: 25.0.50; Unable to create a directory with name same as an existing file Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:50:53 +0200 Message-ID: <83twy73txe.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83vbin3u0k.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1425073880 20402 80.91.229.3 (27 Feb 2015 21:51:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:51:20 +0000 (UTC) To: 19963@debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi@gmail.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 27 22:51:10 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSoQ-0001tI-BC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:51:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39150 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSoP-0004oO-Nq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSoL-0004lp-Sm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:51:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSoI-00030j-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:51:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56664) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSoI-00030f-Hq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:51:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSoI-00061l-Bu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:51:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19963 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19963-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19963.142507384323141 (code B ref 19963); Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19963) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Feb 2015 21:50:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60262 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSnz-00061B-Ig for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:50:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:44806) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YRSnx-00060t-CS for 19963@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:50:42 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NKG002009KBH800@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 19963@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:50:35 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NKG002BQA0AGY20@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:50:35 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <83vbin3u0k.fsf@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:99886 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:48:59 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: 19963-done@debbugs.gnu.org > > A directory is just a special kind of file on most filesystems, and > like a file, it has an entry in its parent directory. So there cannot > be a file and a directory with the same name, because there can be 2 > identical entries in their parent directory. ^^^^^^ I meant "cannot be", of course. Sorry.