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Re: file-exists-p on empty string
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
Re: file-exists-p on empty string |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:43:29 +0100 |
Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
> Evgeny Zajcev <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Evgeny,
>
>> It was quite surprising for me that
>>
>> (file-exists-p "")
>> ==> t
>>
>> I thought that `file-exists-p` resembles stat, such as
>>
>> $ stat ""
>> No such file or directory
>>
>> This is because `file-exists-p` uses `expand-file-name`, which returns
>> current directory for empty string
>>
>> Would not it be more correct for `file-exists-p` to return `nil` for
>> empty string, and if someone wants current directory he will use "."
>> as filename?
>
> I believe the current behavior is correct. file-exists-p calls
> expand-file-name, and (expand-file-name "") returns always
> default-directory.
Thatʼs not described in the doc-string though, so itʼs surprising
behaviour.
Robert
Re: file-exists-p on empty string, Stefan Monnier, 2019/02/27