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Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows
From: |
Thierry Volpiatto |
Subject: |
Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:17:14 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 13:54, Thierry Volpiatto
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> If I do:
>> (directory-files "c:/")
>> The "c:/." and "c:/.." candidates are omitted
>
> Assuming C:/ is really the root of your Windows' installation drive,
> it does not have the . and .. entries (try doing "dir /a:" in C:\ and
> in a subdirectory). So they are not omitted, they just are not there.
Ok, I see now, thanks.
>> However if I do (directory-files "x:/")
>> The "x:/." and "x:/.." candidates are present as expected.
>
> What is X:/ in your system? A remote directory, a symlink, junction,
> subst, a removable drive?
It is a special volume that is used by Virtualbox as a shared directory
between host and guest.
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- Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Juanma Barranquero, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows,
Thierry Volpiatto <=
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Juanma Barranquero, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Juanma Barranquero, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Thierry Volpiatto, 2011/12/01
- Re: Behavior of directory-files on Windows, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/12/01