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Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink

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Message #8 received at 8035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: spucci <slpnabble <at> blackberry-hill.com>
Cc: 8035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:37:29 -0500

spucci wrote:

> When emacs attempts to find a file with "../" as a path component, it
> appears to be "smart" about it and simply remove the previous directory path
> (e.g., "foo/bar/../x" gets converted to "foo/x").  But if bar is a symlink,
> then it doesn't properly find the file.

This appears to be a feature of expand-file-name (and possibly other
things). It does seem a little weird that there isn't even an option to
have a more thorough expansion...

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