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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: cyd@gnu.org, 11385@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11385: 24.0.96; `image-dired-create-thumb': (file-error "Setting current directory"	"no such file or directory" "$HOME/")
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 22:04:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2havlf9oc.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837gwhxr21.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 12 May 2012 20:11:34 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> I think $HOME is not generally recognized in file names.  Only a few
> select functions know about it (substitute-in-file-name and
> expand-file-name come to mind).

Only substitute-in-file-name expands references to environment
variables.

Andreas.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-12 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-30 17:30 bug#11385: 24.0.96; `image-dired-create-thumb': (file-error "Setting current directory" "no such file or directory" "$HOME/") Drew Adams
2012-05-06  4:43 ` Chong Yidong
2012-05-12 16:02   ` Drew Adams
2012-05-12 16:28     ` Andreas Schwab
2012-05-12 16:34       ` Drew Adams
2012-05-12 17:11         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-12 19:20           ` Stefan Monnier
2012-05-12 20:04           ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2013-02-08  1:14         ` Glenn Morris
2012-05-12 16:29     ` Eli Zaretskii

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