GNU bug report logs - #44682
28.0.50; dired on file with space first: dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type ‘g’ to update Dired buffer

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Message #8 received at 44682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>, 44682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#44682: 28.0.50; dired on file with space first: dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type ‘g’ to update Dired buffer
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:31:00 -0800 (PST)

> The directory folder has probably a space in the name. It is hard to
> know for me who made this directory and how. People are using their
> GUI.
> 
> Error in Dired is:
> dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type ‘g’ to update
> Dired buffer
> 
> It should be possible to handle such directories.
> 
>   /scp:root <at> room:/home/study/Movies:
>   total used in directory 879904 available 26.5 GiB
>   drwxr-xr-x  2 study study      4096 Nov 14 14:47  folder

FWIW, I don't see this problem on MS Windows, with Emacs 26.3.
(dired-get-file-for-visit) just returns the absolute file name,
with the space at the beginning of the relative file name,
" folder".

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