* file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name
@ 2007-12-09 23:08 Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2007-12-09 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs Devel
To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string
which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name.
Could the doc string of file-name-directory tell this, please?
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2007-12-09 23:08 file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2007-12-10 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-10 7:44 ` David Kastrup
2007-12-10 9:42 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-12-10 15:19 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2007-12-10 2:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman (gmail); +Cc: Emacs Devel
> To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string
> which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name.
Basically, a directory name ends with a / whereas a file name does not.
So file-name-directory returns something that ends in a /.
Stefan
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2007-12-10 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2007-12-10 7:44 ` David Kastrup
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From: David Kastrup @ 2007-12-10 7:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Lennart Borgman (gmail), Emacs Devel
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string
>> which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name.
>
> Basically, a directory name ends with a / whereas a file name does not.
> So file-name-directory returns something that ends in a /.
Unless it doesn't... That's platform-dependent.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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* Re: file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name
2007-12-09 23:08 file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2007-12-10 9:42 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-12-10 15:19 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Andreas Schwab @ 2007-12-10 9:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman (gmail); +Cc: Emacs Devel
"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
> To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string
> which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name.
As the names suggest, file-name-directory and file-name-as-directory
return a directory type name, and directory-file-name returns a
file-name type name.
Andreas.
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* Re: file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name
2007-12-09 23:08 file-name-directory vs file-name-as-directory / directory-file-name Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-10 2:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-10 9:42 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2007-12-10 15:19 ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-10 17:30 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-12-10 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman (gmail); +Cc: emacs-devel
To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string
which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name.
Could the doc string of file-name-directory tell this, please?
I will make it say "returns a directory name", which ought to make
it clear (when read with the manual).
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2007-12-10 15:19 ` Richard Stallman
@ 2007-12-10 17:30 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2007-12-10 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rms; +Cc: emacs-devel
Richard Stallman wrote:
> To me it is a little bit unclear if file-name-directory returns a string
> which is consistent with file-name-as-directory or directory-file name.
>
> Could the doc string of file-name-directory tell this, please?
>
> I will make it say "returns a directory name", which ought to make
> it clear (when read with the manual).
Thanks.
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