* find-file and Unix symlinks
@ 2004-05-12 18:52 J Krugman
2004-05-12 20:20 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-05-12 20:51 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: J Krugman @ 2004-05-12 18:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
It looks like Emacs 21.2.1 does not resolve properly pathnames that
include components of the form "<unix_symlink>/../". Is this a
bug or a feature?
Thanks,
jill
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: find-file and Unix symlinks 2004-05-12 18:52 find-file and Unix symlinks J Krugman @ 2004-05-12 20:20 ` Kevin Rodgers 2004-05-12 20:51 ` Stefan Monnier 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2004-05-12 20:20 UTC (permalink / raw) J Krugman wrote: > It looks like Emacs 21.2.1 does not resolve properly pathnames that > include components of the form "<unix_symlink>/../". Is this a > bug or a feature? It depends. What exactly did you do, how exactly did Emacs respond, and what exactly did you want/expect Emacs to do? -- Kevin Rodgers ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: find-file and Unix symlinks 2004-05-12 18:52 find-file and Unix symlinks J Krugman 2004-05-12 20:20 ` Kevin Rodgers @ 2004-05-12 20:51 ` Stefan Monnier 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2004-05-12 20:51 UTC (permalink / raw) > It looks like Emacs 21.2.1 does not resolve properly pathnames that > include components of the form "<unix_symlink>/../". Is this a > bug or a feature? Whether it's a bug or feature is in the eye of the beholder, but it's considered normal behavior for Emacs. Emacs does most of the filename manipulations as string manipulations, without paying attention to the corresponding file system. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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