From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49711: 27.2; Deleting a directory called ~ deletes home directory Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:07:51 +0200 Message-ID: <87czr9j9ns.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10433"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 49711@debbugs.gnu.org To: Al Haji-Ali Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 23 18:09:19 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xji-0002Ut-So for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:09:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35454 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xjh-0001gG-LY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:09:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xjS-0001dk-Q5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:32863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xjS-0001mR-Hv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xjS-0005LH-Bj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:09:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:09:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49711 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 49711-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49711.162705649020451 (code B ref 49711); Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49711) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2021 16:08:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44405 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xic-0005Ji-3b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:08:10 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:45668) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xib-0005JN-4j for 49711@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:08:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=qaRo7h3zi8aONqPr1s1nKdNFrXOfweKn7Aq/1t7RUjA=; b=f/xk/NgXyaG/ZeYowTGVvonKmT WaxhSBr+DIN7Fl2Nu6hphXJCTfVGIsSUiVLg1GhTIUohORj+XL158qFmdo30QygfhlgvGtAhrT8Dt WV5qJ39bIMYB8AJCxsA1gmnZw6RPZbcSdrcX7rBcUgAD3sW9ZCFrgSwPdkUmvbnt4Ws4=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.220.105.getinternet.no ([84.212.220.105] helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m6xiS-0006Kg-Qq; Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:08:03 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Sibusile Xaba's _Ngiwu Shawbada_: "Uqondile" In-Reply-To: (Al Haji-Ali's message of "Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:03:57 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:210596 Archived-At: Al Haji-Ali writes: > In dired, if I delete a directory called `~` (not related to home > directory, I created this directory by mistake) and delete it, dired > deletes the home directory instead. I'm unable to reproduce this in Emacs 27.2 or 28. Here's my test case: touch '/tmp/~' emacs -Q /tmp/ Then hit `D yes RET' on the ~ file. That deletes /tmp/~ for me, and not the home directory. Do you have a step-by-step recipe, starting from "emacs -Q" for how to reproduce the problem you're seeing? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no