GNU bug report logs - #22938
24.5; Cannot rename files in directory with escaped spaces

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Marty Rosenberg <marty.rosenberg <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 08:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 14521

Found in versions 24.2, 24.5

Done: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>
To: Marty Rosenberg <marty.rosenberg <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22938 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22938: 24.5; Cannot rename files in directory with escaped spaces
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 09:52:10 +0100

On 2016-03-08, at 09:29, Marty Rosenberg <marty.rosenberg <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> most of this happens outside of emacs:
> mkdir 'escape\ me'
> cd 'escape\ me'
> touch a
> emacs -Q .
> C-x C-q
> rename the file from a to b
> C-c C-c
>
> when I inspect the error, it looks like it is attempting to rename
> /home/mjrosenb/tmp/escapeme/a to /home/mjrosenb/tmp/escapeme/b
> which fails, because the name of the directory is 'escape\ me', not
> 'escapeme'

Hi,

and thanks for the report.

However, it seems to work just fine on GNU Emacs 25.1.50.6 (commit
ac9a931).  It might have been fixed in the meantime.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
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