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Dired unable to properly recognize file names

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Message #20 received at 5597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Otto Maddox <ottomaddox <at> fastmail.fm>
Subject: Re: bug#5597: Dired unable to properly recognize file names
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:59:05 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> I think it depends on whether your `ls' supports --dired.

Speaking of which, is there any particular reason why dired still uses
an external program?  If it's because `ls-lisp' is too slow, wouldn't it
be rather easy to, say, extend `directory-files' to return a list of
stat structures instead?

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