From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonas Bernoulli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: parent directories of directories Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:31:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282606501 30560 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2010 23:35:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:35:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 24 01:35:00 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1OngXV-0006XE-MZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:34:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59769 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OngXT-0002ut-Hm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:34:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51466 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OndgX-0002aC-RC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OndgW-0006wn-MH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:32:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com ([209.85.216.176]:47793) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OndgW-0006wc-IW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:32:00 -0400 Original-Received: by qyk2 with SMTP id 2so5899941qyk.0 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:32:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=c/q+lr4qWmiuey4eAOK4n4U+RRPu1dCBZp9VTvrVH4A=; b=xxpIfATMxgcdSk/40u9u2H8SoOrXyZ/fqAFHiJOe4UlIeq6scQHKYTsAh6IjaRkC0Y wNO+YvYb6kkb3HxSMk8HAUJ+M+NIG30HQBZAU5tVkHh6KM8DDjlNBUoNicROerM+vO+m z6j7Q4tzR6AEMdOFFO1xWhtBHBR3ta/iSIIXU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=NYfYeRockD088WutKI7K/wNgSww/qpLIkI9c3Mc79oDVvnxTUKObmMbbAuSFbI2z60 Z5HXx+Zh3vfDPbo/aBjcz9KpRvef4HwCcpMgwOmMJC0pFz5ONOhzlsU1aAI/VR8Nm8IU K8WTA0pa8MpZ3QiebCw2gHSpcu/XjXMibGdnE= Original-Received: by 10.220.59.202 with SMTP id m10mr3490664vch.23.1282595519032; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:31:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.100.77 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:31:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:32:16 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:74785 Archived-At: On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 21:48, Jonas Bernoulli wrote: > How does one get the parent directory of a directory in a way that > works on all supported platforms? Ah, sorry I missed `directory-file-name'.