From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Noam Postavsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Directory name to variable (dired?) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 06:56:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20181007214950.GA17855@mail.akwebsoft.com> <20181008000538.GC17855@mail.akwebsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1538996098 30911 195.159.176.226 (8 Oct 2018 10:54:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:54:58 +0000 (UTC) To: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 08 12:54:54 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g9TBc-0007vR-Kd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:54:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45488 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9TDi-0000ez-K4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34158) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9TDG-0000er-0b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:56:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9TDF-0003iQ-9c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:56:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi1-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::22c]:43269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g9TDE-0003hw-W7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:56:33 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi1-x22c.google.com with SMTP id s69-v6so15386144oie.10 for ; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 03:56:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=o/y0TMgLVK9CgiCcKnp8xTzWdXvlef81/o7MNGBgyRQ=; b=FTKEtJ2U0CzCqvQzMooQRJv9UolaQ2ZhDylPmYBqumia5wCiGO5WLTa1YLPhwkDdS6 hw7JlVaFyn0B2mJ5ZGBHUg8coslluHd6zQ1n8z9oXOaK5FnBTh57bxa2kfXcFmytLS2o pDPnqgmEuskpPOs9JgLFUwy9qmDBoYOVkYcrWS1XkcR6F8AEDOGPriWaRJObmLAOktYY gSEXF2pUCfjX1EkloYiUjXXr/X1GsOAb6gfZI8lGizEX5RlQ8uQi9OR8BMgWOecotMSP JHLd9qAMFSs9zFYAp0snCJHivN7hTbRp1Evt24c3OBLk/e4fmsyElZQmd9U41FmL1Pnp e9mw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=o/y0TMgLVK9CgiCcKnp8xTzWdXvlef81/o7MNGBgyRQ=; b=hl/+5n9130tanM6H9V9xiejwRyRuXPdVP34OaJHQbNjq+ARoUG8Mu9KEbjcdukYh4c OURPSe9rQz91sVJckJx0YIseEuhkbXJc1MPNbJ1I4NU88rl5d8CfwKYoH3ssnghogXAs Zyr/Yd7zC1ssl53pghmxSQ801il1iHlzNdsfda3vfXe7R1VNEpp06d7uN0FYc8FhXFD8 mWHkgHHUhhOqyk4WXiArDzDcKZWa8T4eQrIxFoOzg5L4y0qjylbvQwMCSXupa3wyr2kb ptMvWVnMn4bncICnuuVKrHSGIOkstNXu22Mabib2HzpDNEuseO4d8iefjxy+p7i32tFC BPgQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoitQNUbZAGCDe72ZUp6IYksDn7IZbpF4qq47ebRu3+Iavj4hRP7 7kStCIKFvGZhJFFdl22awPyB6cSIoCfn0+nADYTcdw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV607X7dcqlTYM2VVNIXpO/a5l9kV+GpzfnrqfKNlqdsNnLQlAF1k/ZhenvnlJ3BfP0GrctZ+d0X1R71pU/rYstk= X-Received: by 2002:aca:d447:: with SMTP id l68-v6mr4466218oig.222.1538996191755; Mon, 08 Oct 2018 03:56:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20181008000538.GC17855@mail.akwebsoft.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::22c X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:118199 Archived-At: On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 20:05, Tim Johnson wrote: > > * Noam Postavsky [181007 15:32]: > > On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 17:55, Tim Johnson wrote: > > > > > Is there a function that returns a directory and full path > > > so that it could be assigned to a variable? > > > > Which directory? > Any "/" is a directory, so you don't need a function or a variable, but I don't quite understand how you could be looking for "any" directory...