Re: file-relative-name and remote files

[Richard Stallman]

    Any file can be written as a name relative to any directory using the 
    ".." construct, as long as
    both are residing in the same directory tree. The problem is when they 
    reside in different trees.

What do you mean by "reside in different trees"?

    But file-relative-name needs to know when this is so. Try

       (file-relative-name "/dir/file" "/scp:address@hidden:/dir1/")

It returns "../../dir/file" which seems correct to me.

    ought to return "/dir/file" since filename is on the local machine and 
    directory on the remote,

It might be useful or convenient to return that instead; I am not
sure.  However, the current value isn't erroneous.