GNU bug report logs - #5360
23.1.91; rgrep forces me to choose a directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:08:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#5360: 23.1.91; rgrep forces me to choose a directory
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:39:12 +0800

rgrep forces me to choose a directory, e.g.,
(rgrep "INIT" "* .*" "/usr/share/initscripts/" nil)
when I really want to choose a wildcard of several directories.

OK, so I use repeat-complex-command to forge in
(rgrep "INIT" "* .*" "/usr/share/init*" nil)
And low and behold, rgrep assumes it can cd to that "directory" and
proceeds even though the cd failed! So at least it should check that its
cd doesn't fail, even if wildcard directories will never be implemented.

In GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1
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