From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
Subject: Re: dired needs symlink inderction gradual stripper
Date: 16 Jul 2002 06:37:20 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874rf0aa8v.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D32FFB9.1070906@ihs.com
>>>>> "K" == Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com> writes:
K> Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> I bet dired can't do this basic want:
>> I am sitting on top of
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 5 28 21:39 words -> /etc/alternatives/dictionary
>> and I would like, with just a keystroke, arrive at a revised dired
>> listing, i.e. that file now from the standpoint of /etc/alternatives
>> [which indeed is still a symbolic link, whereas i would execute the
>> command again, if i liked, to see the file listing with yet another
>> level of inderction stripped.
>> Notice that I don't want to see the file contents, else I would hit
>> RET in the first place.
K> Does `C-u s L RET' do what you want?
>> Notice that I don't want to strip all the symlinks at once, but rather
>> one by one, so I can learn just what's going on with my multi layered
>> symlinks, unless i suppose, i give an C-u prefix or something.
K> A symbolic link does not have "layers".
ok. a points to b, b points to c. your solution zooms one to c,
while I wanted to go in steps.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-15 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-14 23:39 dired needs symlink inderction gradual stripper Dan Jacobson
2002-07-15 17:00 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-07-15 22:37 ` Dan Jacobson [this message]
2002-07-16 12:31 ` Francesco Potorti`
2002-07-16 13:29 ` Richard Stallman
2002-07-16 21:21 ` Dan Jacobson
2002-07-17 14:36 ` Francesco Potorti`
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