GNU bug report logs - #10458
24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 20:13:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.92

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:04:03 +0100

Stefan Monnier skrev 2012-01-09 23:40:
>>> But we could do something like:
>>> foobar ./-toto titi
>> Or stick a "--" after the command (is that a universal convention?)
>
> not only I don't think it's a universal convention, but I can't think of
> any easy reliable way to do that.  E.g. compare
>
>      gcc -o foo -toto.c
> vs
>      gcc -c foo.c -toto.c
>

It is universal in that it is in POSIX 1003.1.

	Jan D.
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