Re: file-truename, convert-standard-filename

[Lennart Borgman]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> "Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> It's not clear to me when to use `file-truename' and
>> `convert-standard-filename'.
>
> You never apply convert-standard-filename to the name of an existing
> file, since by definition this file name already fits the current OS
> (otherwise it would not exist).


No, that must be a misunderstanding. The file name used internally in
Emacs is not the file name used by the OS. convert-standard-file-name
translates from Emacs file name syntax to OS dito.