GNU bug report logs - #11385
24.0.96; `image-dired-create-thumb': (file-error "Setting current directory" "no such file or directory" "$HOME/")

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.0.96

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: cyd <at> gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 11385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11385: 24.0.96; `image-dired-create-thumb': (file-error "Setting current directory"	"no such file or directory" "$HOME/")
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 22:04:19 +0200

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

> I think $HOME is not generally recognized in file names.  Only a few
> select functions know about it (substitute-in-file-name and
> expand-file-name come to mind).

Only substitute-in-file-name expands references to environment
variables.

Andreas.

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