Subject: Re: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:05:58 +0100

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>> "Will know" how?  Is it documented anywhere how to write a handler so
>> it handles such situations?  If so, please point me to that
>> documentation, and perhaps I will see the light there.
>
> There is no right answer, in general, so no it's not documented.  But at
> least the file handler's writer, thanks to his knowledge of the special
> semantics of his handler, should be able to write something useful.

Existing handlers behave correctly, as far as I see. But maybe we could
add a sentence fo files.texi, node "Magic File Names", that a handler
shall be aware of this.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.