From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Tramp: how to handle make-symbolic-link? Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:51:44 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024862067 3916 127.0.0.1 (23 Jun 2002 19:54:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 19:54:27 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17MDRL-000113-00 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:54:27 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17MDS8-0004dz-00 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:55:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MDR4-0005YI-00; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:54:10 -0400 Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.4.42]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MDOp-0005Ry-00 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:51:51 -0400 Original-Received: from lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lothlorien [129.217.19.67]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id g5NJpnb07281 for ; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:51:49 +0200 (MES) Original-Received: from lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lucy [129.217.19.80]) by lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de id VAA07028; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:51:44 +0200 (MET DST) Original-Received: by lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix, from userid 6104) id 41EEC3B5E4; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:51:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5129 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5129 What should be the LINKNAME argument of make-symbolic-link when invoking Tramp? For non-absolute link targets, the following appears natural: (make-symbolic-link "/user@host:/name/of/file" "linkname") So the LINKNAME argument does not look like a Tramp filename. But what if the target of the symbolic link is an absolute filename? Which of the two kinds of calls do we expect? (make-symbolic-link "/user@host:/name/of/file" "/user@host:/path/to/target") (make-symbolic-link "/user@host:/name/of/file" "/path/to/target") Thanks, kai PS: Surprised that nobody has reported bugs about make-symbolic-link in Tramp, yet. It must have been buggy for years. -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)