bug-gnu-emacs
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarch


From: Michael Albinus
Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:21:42 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux)

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

>>> It will be hard to detect that /sudo::/foo is equal to file:///foo.
>
> Maybe (in this case it might be reasonably easy, but of course there are
> harder cases).

We would need a function `file-local-representation' or something like
this, which returns "/foo" in both file name handler implementations.
Tramp's file name handler doesn't know of URL syntax, and vice versa.

And no, I do NOT propose to add this. Sounds like overengineering to me.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.





reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]