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24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen

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Message #26 received at 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:02:25 -0500

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> 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

Then perhaps it is academic, but I see no ambiguity, since dired keeps
command and file(s) to operate on separate:

  ! gcc -o foo RET
  ! gcc -c RET

It's not like we have to try and decode an entire arbitrary command
string.

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