GNU bug report logs - #70792
30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 70792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70792: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection
Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 21:49:56 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>,  70792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 20:17:27 +0200
> 
> FTR, we *have* already two different kinds of quoting. "/:<something>"
> makes <something> local, whatever syntax it has (for example, Tramp file
> name syntax).
> 
> "/method:user <at> host:/:<something>" makes <something> "local" on
> "/method:user <at> host:" whatever syntax it has.

There's a fine nuance here: "/:" does NOT make a file name locale, it
prevents interpreting it as remote due to the "/something:" construct
in it.  "/:" does NOT change the semantics of "/foo/bar/baz", it only
changes the semantics of "/method:user <at> host:/foo/bar".

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