From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
Cc: 47432@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47432: 28.0.50; Dired using ! or & on file should fail without command supplied
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 21:54:16 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YF9/WJKF+70mmgDG@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM9PR09MB4977DF9537A6735DC95D1F1D96609@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com>
* Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> [2021-03-27 17:00]:
> How you seen the docs? For example C-h k ! RET:
>
> Signature
> (dired-do-shell-command COMMAND &optional ARG FILE-LIST)
>
> Documentation
> Run a shell command COMMAND on the marked files.
>
>
> > Why should there be attempt to execute non-executable files?
>
> Because you asked it to by calling ! or & on a file in Dired.
I have got a feeling you have not get really what is taking place:
1. Dired mode
2. Come on any file or directory, not executable
3. Press ! or &
4. Press ENTER
5. Get error, it can be different, depending of situation. Like
/usr/bin/bash: line 1: admin_Leo: command not found where "admin_Leo"
is directory
I cannot see in the documentation that ! or & in Dired is supposed to
run that specific marked file as COMMAND. I can understand that
command is asked and user should enter the command. But I do not see
that the marked file is supposed to be executed as COMMAND when
command is not manually entered by user.
Why is Emacs trying to execute a directory?
Why is Emacs trying to execute non-executable file?
- documentation of the function should maybe reflect that ! or & is
meant to execute the marked file or current file in Dired if no
COMMAND is supplied manually.
- Emacs should stop trying to execute directories or non executable
files.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-27 18:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-27 7:09 bug#47432: 28.0.50; Dired using ! or & on file should fail without command supplied Jean Louis
2021-03-27 7:51 ` Arthur Miller
2021-03-27 8:42 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-27 13:59 ` Arthur Miller
2021-03-27 18:54 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2021-03-27 20:28 ` Arthur Miller
2021-03-28 7:50 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-28 8:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-29 18:51 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-29 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-28 14:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-28 15:00 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-28 15:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-03-29 18:55 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-29 18:34 ` Jean Louis
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