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24.0.50; dired "f" fails on directory that begins with a space

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Message #14 received at 9039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: merlyn <at> stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Cc: 9039 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9039: 24.0.50;
	dired "f" fails on directory that begins with a space
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:42:42 -0400

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

> GM> What is the value of `dired-use-ls-dired'?
> GM> If it is nil, I think this kind of problem is expected.
>
> nil.  The default.

The default is `unspecified'.

> GM> What is the result of evaluating:
>
> GM> (call-process insert-directory-program nil nil nil "--dired")
>
> 1

OK, your dired doesn't support the --dired option. In this case, dired
is known to not perform as well, especially with regards to file names
with spaces. If you install GNU ls, it will work better.

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