Re: `file-relative-name' for compressed files

[Emilio Lopes]

Kai Grossjohann writes:

> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>> Perhaps making the file-remote-p operation return more
>> information is the way to do it. For instance, it could
>> return the "remote part" of the file name.

> I've now written the solution and will work on checking it
> in. As you suggested, it seems clean.

Kai's fixes solved the problem I was having with
`file-relative-name'. Thanks, Kai.

It just occured to me that a predicate, such as `file-remote-p',
normally returns either `t' or `nil'. Is that right? Maybe one
should introduce a new function (`file-name-remote-part' e.g.),
as Michael Albinus has suggested. This would match better the
other file name component functions (`file-name-directory' and
friends).

I myself would never expect `file-remote-p' to return any
useful information...

 ECL