From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: file-symlink-p for remote files?
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 20:49:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <843cksq0xf.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200304081831.h38IVtTG029258@rum.cs.yale.edu
"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu> writes:
> I like to think of symlinks as "special files" that can contain arbitrary
> text (as used for example by Emacs in its file locking protocol),
> but in practice this poses problems, so I think the right answer is
> option (1). See for example ange-ftp.
I just checked in a change that changes Ange-FTP from (1) to (2).
Now we have to find another way to solve the original problem :-)
--
A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-08 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-08 15:24 file-symlink-p for remote files? Kai Großjohann
2003-04-08 18:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-08 18:49 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2003-04-08 19:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-08 19:10 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-08 19:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-04-09 5:39 ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-09 1:58 ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-09 12:56 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-09 19:29 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-10 6:22 ` Richard Stallman
2003-04-09 19:57 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-10 22:47 ` Richard Stallman
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