From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27982: 25.1.50; expand-file-name docstring on how to traverse the filesystem Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:08:49 +0300 Message-ID: <83inhc99lq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tw1lkjt8.fsf@members.fsf.org> <83r2wotz6i.fsf@gnu.org> <86bmn6o4tr.fsf@members.fsf.org> <83378i9nrv.fsf@gnu.org> <86wp5um6ss.fsf@members.fsf.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1503594627 5995 195.159.176.226 (24 Aug 2017 17:10:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:10:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 27982@debbugs.gnu.org To: Nicolas Richard Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 24 19:10:22 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1dkvdz-0000na-KS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:10:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49594 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkve6-0004H1-2H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvdv-0004By-KS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvdq-0004r1-3i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44388) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvdp-0004qr-WD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvdp-0005PV-Q0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:10:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:10:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27982 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 27982-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27982.150359456520753 (code B ref 27982); Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:10:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27982) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Aug 2017 17:09:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53069 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvdD-0005Od-OE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:09:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52295) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvdB-0005OP-Jh for 27982@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:09:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvd2-0004Ny-A8 for 27982@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:09:16 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42597) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvd2-0004Ns-6l; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:09:12 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4496 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dkvd0-0005VV-Hn; Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:09:12 -0400 In-reply-to: <86wp5um6ss.fsf@members.fsf.org> (message from Nicolas Richard on Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:18:53 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136154 Archived-At: > From: Nicolas Richard > Cc: 27982@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:18:53 +0200 > > Ok so now I'm saying that, with the suggestion in the docstring, output > will be different if "dirname" ends in a slash. Of course. directory-file-name and file-name-directory look at the slashes, so having one more slash at the end changes everything. There's nothing new here. So where do we go from here, in the context of this bug report? What would you propose to change, where, and why? Thanks.