From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-truename, convert-standard-filename Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:15:50 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265393775 32393 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2010 18:16:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:16:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 19:16:10 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NdSiu-0002Xr-Ti for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:16:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46850 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdSiu-0001un-7t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:16:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NdSin-0001uS-F7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:16:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45819 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdSin-0001uK-0e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:16:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdSil-0005CJ-D4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:16:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:50998) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdSik-000591-Sd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:15:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66DB81C00220; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:15:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.166]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E31E901DD; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:15:52 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan2.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.166]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id f46RWTZbsL90; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:15:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.186.147.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.186.147]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:15:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8876BCA297; Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:15:50 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: By MEER biz doo SCHOIN.. In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:31:54 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:120946 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > It's not clear to me when to use `file-truename' and > `convert-standard-filename'. You never apply convert-standard-filename to the name of an existing file, since by definition this file name already fits the current OS (otherwise it would not exist). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."