From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7617: 24.0.50; `expand-file-name': removal of slashes Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:23:07 -0500 Message-ID: References: <7F477A16FFA145E5AB532A96F55D5CDC@us.oracle.com><022D0B344DB64B2A9E1B771B0695237E@us.oracle.com><83k4jeu6pf.fsf@gnu.org><0910543A74614DBD82DA14ED1B5E4D17@us.oracle.com> <8D21A82F766C4B0493597D9B294A7983@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292219573 24142 80.91.229.12 (13 Dec 2010 05:52:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:52:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7617@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 13 06:52:49 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PS1L6-0000Bn-QT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:52:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45923 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PS1L6-0001LU-4J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:52:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36571 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PS1Kt-0001Jh-G0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:52:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PS1Ks-0001Nu-6G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:52:35 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47844) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PS1Ks-0001Np-2K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:52:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PS0nR-0001Gg-Jv; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:18:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7617 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7617-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7617.12922174234779 (code B ref 7617); Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7617) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Dec 2010 05:17:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PS0mV-0001Ey-Bl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:17:03 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PS0mS-0001EJ-6w for 7617@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:17:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PS0sN-0007El-F3; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:23:07 -0500 In-reply-to: <8D21A82F766C4B0493597D9B294A7983@us.oracle.com> (drew.adams@oracle.com) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:18:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42476 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Cc: "'Eli Zaretskii'" , <7617@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:32:12 -0800 > > Please read what I wrote. I'm sure he did. Stefan is telling you that perhaps you run the string through expand-file-name too early, before massaging it in some way that gives a valid file name. Or maybe that you should run expand-file-name only on parts of the file name, the parts that _are_ valid file names. > I am looking for a function that gives the behavior that is > documented for `expand-file-name'. `concat' comes to mind. And if that's not what you want, please consider describing the problem you are trying to solve. > Do you know a good way to get that behavior in Lisp? Call expand-file-name on parts of a file name, then `concat' them together (with any number of slashes that you want)?