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Re: file-symlink-p for remote files?
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Kai Großjohann |
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Re: file-symlink-p for remote files? |
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Wed, 09 Apr 2003 14:56:16 +0200 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> file-symlink-p should return the exact link target. (When the target
> is relative, file-symlink-p returns the relative name.)
I confess that I'm rather surprised by this decision. It appears to
be inconsistent with another decision on make-symbolic-link that you
took some months ago.
It seems to me that the target of a symlink should either be
interpreted as a string by both functions, or it should be
interpreted as a filename by both functions.
So much for my opinion. Some observations:
Previously, you decided that the target of the symlink (the first arg
FILENAME) should be interpreted as a filename for make-symbolic-link.
Another issue that might play a role is backward compatibility. In
the past, Ange-FTP has interpreted the symlink target as a filename
in file-symlink-p. Ange-FTP does not implement make-symbolic-link.
What do you think?
--
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Re: file-symlink-p for remote files?, Richard Stallman, 2003/04/08
- Re: file-symlink-p for remote files?,
Kai Großjohann <=
Re: file-symlink-p for remote files?, Kai Großjohann, 2003/04/09