From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-relative-name and remote files Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:43:48 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3E5C8BAC.8000201@math.ku.dk> <84of4xd582.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <848yw0pibe.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046449188 9109 80.91.224.249 (28 Feb 2003 16:19:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18onEM-0002Kt-00 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:19:26 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18onVp-0004nN-00 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:37:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18onDd-0003iM-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:18:41 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18onDF-0003bH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:18:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18onDC-0003Yu-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:18:15 -0500 Original-Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193] helo=Cantor.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18onDC-0003Xv-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:18:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Hermes.suse.de (Hermes.suse.de [213.95.15.136]) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2AAB14C2A; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:18:12 +0100 (MET) Original-To: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) X-Yow: My FAVORITE group is "QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS"... In-Reply-To: <848yw0pibe.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de's message of "Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:53:57 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12030 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12030 kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes: |> Andreas Schwab writes: |> |> > IIRC there are systems where "/.." has a different meaning than "/". |> |> Really? Whee. Can Tramp be used to connect to them? If it can, |> then maybe it shouldn't interpret such filenames. |> |> (Which systems are you talking about, btw?) I can't remember, but I think it has a similar meaning as the "//" special case on some other systems. Both "//" and "/.." are not required to be the same as "/" according to POSIX. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."