From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:32:32 +0100 Message-ID: <871ur3d8y7.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87mx9su32g.fsf@web.de> <87sjjkfvwt.fsf@gmail.com> <8362ggkquq.fsf@gnu.org> <87pqeoro8p.fsf@gmail.com> <83wr8vki5t.fsf@gnu.org> <8762gfdael.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1326461658 22368 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2012 13:34:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:34:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 13 14:34:14 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhGA-0005ND-MR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:33:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48187 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhGA-0006az-8Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57278) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhG4-0006aB-LE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhG0-00028T-NU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:28 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33108) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhG0-00028P-Lw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhGb-0002lA-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:34:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10489 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10489-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10489.132646161010569 (code B ref 10489); Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Jan 2012 13:33:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56014 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhG2-0002kL-B7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:34971) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RlhFw-0002k0-4K for 10489@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:33:24 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2012 13:32:36 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB9670.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.150.112] by mail.gmx.net (mp031) with SMTP; 13 Jan 2012 14:32:36 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18pCdUv4wMpFY4srzkrKXFf5w0GouNUA6M6dspt7z klz0tiMslGIQ9o In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:18:57 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:55688 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero writes: >> =C2=A0(compare-strings (file-truename (expand-file-name name1 dir)) 0 nil >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (file-tru= ename (expand-file-name name2 dir)) 0 nil >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 read-file= -name-completion-ignore-case)) > > I think we should push for it to be added to Emacs, if only for the > thrill of having a ChangeLog entry > > 2012-01-13 Michael Albinus > Juanma Barranquero > Eli Zaretskii > > * files.el (file-name-compare): New function. > > i.e., three authors for a three-line function (plus header and comments) = ;-) Perfect reasoning, I'm for it :-) Thinking about, `file-truename' would need some massage for the remote case. Currently, it just expands symlinks. But it could also do some normalization for the user and host name. For example: (file-truename "/ssh:127.0.0.1:/path/to/symlink") =3D> "/ssh:albinus@localhost:/extend/path/to/file" But that's for Emacs 24.2, of course. > Juanma Best regards, Michael.