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bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-execut
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p |
Date: |
Sun, 04 May 2014 18:44:46 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I'd still like to hear if file-accessible-directory-p does any better
> than file-executable-p. At least on !DOS_NT, it seems to be something a
> bit different.
Indeed file-accessible-directory-p would probably be better than
file-executable-p. Whether it's sufficiently better to keep the error,
I don't know.
>> I think the simplest solution for now is to turn the error into a warning.
> Sounds good, but might be annoying on Unix platforms; if as you say
> this situation is impossible there an error might be clearer for them.
Agreed.
Stefan