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27.0.50; wdired gets rename file and directory errors when using gls and -F or --classify switch

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Jeffrey Spencer <jeffspencerd <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34610 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34610: 27.0.50;
 wdired gets rename file and directory errors when using gls and -F or
 --classify switch
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 13:12:09 +0100

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"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> Jeffrey Spencer <jeffspencerd <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This is the only setup besides -Q default:
>> (setq insert-directory-program "gls" dired-use-ls-dired t)
>> (setq dired-listing-switches "-a --classify -lGhHA  --group-directories-first")
>> "-a --classify -lGhHA  --group-directories-first"
>>
>> Renaming directories doesn't work right due to the --classify (-F)
>> switches using gls on Mac. Also, probably has problems with
>> executables due to adding '*' to the end of the file name but I didn't
>> check. I had to right an advice around wdired-change-mode to remove
>> the switches and then re-add the -F --classify.
>>
>> Here is the errors with just a simple truing to add a character to any directory:
>>
>> Rename ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/k’ to ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/k/’ failed:
>> (file-error Renaming Invalid argument /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/k
>> /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/k/k)
>> Rename ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd’ to
>> ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd/’ failed:
>> (file-error Renaming Invalid argument /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd
>> /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd/kdkd)
>> Rename ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/l’ to ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/l/’ failed:
>> (file-error Renaming Invalid argument /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/l
>> /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/l/l)
>> Rename ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd/kdk’ to
>> ‘/Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd/kdk/’ failed:
>> (file-error Renaming Invalid argument
>> /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd/kdk
>> /Users/Me/Downloads/youtube/test/kdkd/kdk/kdk)
>>
>> 4 rename actions failed
>
> This sounds similar to bug#34915[1], whose fix was recently pushed to
> master[2].  Can you please check whether that also fixes your issue?  If
> so, I will merge the two reports as duplicate.
>
> [1]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/34915
>
> [2: 6d8e0fc5aa]: Make wdired-mode ignore ls file indicators
>   2019-04-25 19:17:23 +0200
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=6d8e0fc5aa7673540486af9ecbfc0a3e23c305cf

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Basil

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