GNU bug report logs - #4044
23.1; unable to handle folder whose name starts with 2009-08-04

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>

Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 04:20:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 3710, 5597, 9039

Found in version 24.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: xah lee <xah <at> xahlee.org>
Subject: bug#4044: 23.1; unable to handle folder whose name starts with 2009-08-04
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 21:11:26 -0700

bug summary:

if a folder has names like “2009-08-04 misc”, then emacs dired  
will mistake the folder name being just “misc”, and basically  
unable to open, move, delete the folder.

Steps:

• switch to dired.

• type + then 2009-08-04 misc

• Now, you can see the coloring is wrong. Try to move, rename, or go  
into the folder. Emacs complains
dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type `g' to update  
dired buffer

This happens on emacs 23.x on Mac. 100% reproducible.

GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, NS apple-appkit-824.48)  
of 2009-08-04 on xahg5.local

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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