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Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive |
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Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:56:02 -0500 |
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>> `file-local-name' might not be a good name.
>> The operation `unhandled-file-name-directory' returns a directory that
>> isn't magic. But remote names are not the only magic names, so
>> "local" isn't necessarily the right way to describe the relationship
>> between that directory and the argument.
> The issue is not whether the returned file name is magic or not, but
> whether it can be passed as-is to a subprocess.
> I thought the two criteria were equivalent. What am I missing?
/tmp/foo.gz is magic and can be passed as is to a subprocess.
> I don't understand. unhandled-file-name-directory is used to get
> a directory that can be used as cwd for subprocesses. And the new
> operation is meant to be used to get a filename that can be passed
> to subprocesses. So AFAICT they share everything and should use the
> same name.
> I don't understand. Are you saying we only need one operation?
> Or that the two operations should have similar names?
> I agree they should have similar names. What I'm suggesting
> is that names that refer to `nonmagic' might be clearer
> than names based on `unhandled'.
The "magic" file names are registered via file-name-handler-alis, not
via file-name-magic-alist, so "unhandled" makes at least as much sense,
doesn't it?
Stefan
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, (continued)
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, David Kastrup, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Stefan Monnier, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Michael Albinus, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Stefan Monnier, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Michael Albinus, 2008/01/31
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Stefan Monnier, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Stefan Monnier, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Richard Stallman, 2008/01/30
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Richard Stallman, 2008/01/31
- Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mappeddrive, Jason Rumney, 2008/01/26
Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mapped drive, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/01/26
Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mapped drive, Stefan Monnier, 2008/01/25
Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mapped drive, Eli Zaretskii, 2008/01/26