GNU bug report logs - #3836
(file-exists-p "//.gz") needs seven seconds

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Message #10 received at 3836-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Christoph Conrad <christoph.conrad <at> gmx.de>,
        3836-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3836: (file-exists-p "//.gz") needs seven seconds
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:59:15 +0300

> From: "Christoph Conrad" <christoph.conrad <at> gmx.de>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:03:04 +0200
> Cc: christoph.conrad <at> gmx.de
> 
> 1) emacs -Q
> 2) M-: (file-exists-p "//.gz") <RET>
> 
> On my computer this needs several seconds to come back. The file does
> NOT exist.

That's not an Emacs problem: a file whose name begins with two slashes
or two backslashes is a UNC-style file name, and your Windows computer
looks it up on the network.  That eventually times out, but can take a
lot of time until it does.

I'm closing this bug report.

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