GNU bug report logs - #16851
24.3.50; file-truename removes trailing / on remote hosts

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Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 16851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 16851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16851: 24.3.50;
 file-truename removes trailing / on remote hosts
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 14:10:11 +0100

Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 1. Open dired on a remote host
> 2. eval (file-truename default-directory)
>
> The trailing / is gone.

I don't think this is a bug as file-truename operates on file names, but
default-directory is a directory (so use directory-file-name first, and
file-name-as-directory afterwards).

Andreas.

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