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hi there

in a dired buffer (particu;ar in a dired-find buffer) it would be very
handy to be able to jump to the containing directory of a file:

eg. the dired buffer shows the line

  -rw-r--r--  1 leo  staff  618385 30 Nov 08:29 Audio/Apps/iCDc4.3.3.dmg.sit

then just jump to the directory Audio/Apps in a new dired window.

cheers, leo