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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:46:53 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Btw, the "usual" way of telling a program "all arguments from here on
> are not options" is to use "--".

It's not supported by all commands, though.  (And it would fail even
more in the "find" example.)

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