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bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink
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From: |
Glenn Morris |
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bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink |
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Date: |
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:37:29 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
spucci wrote:
> When emacs attempts to find a file with "../" as a path component, it
> appears to be "smart" about it and simply remove the previous directory path
> (e.g., "foo/bar/../x" gets converted to "foo/x"). But if bar is a symlink,
> then it doesn't properly find the file.
This appears to be a feature of expand-file-name (and possibly other
things). It does seem a little weird that there isn't even an option to
have a more thorough expansion...