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(File Name Expansion): Clarify previous change.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:58:15 +0000 |
| parents | 95a196e2e465 |
| children | cf24d1dc433c 6b44d05a5f0b e6fdae9180d4 |
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| 1988 (expand-file-name "bar/../foo") | 1988 (expand-file-name "bar/../foo") |
| 1989 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/foo" | 1989 @result{} "/xcssun/users/rms/lewis/foo" |
| 1990 @end group | 1990 @end group |
| 1991 @end example | 1991 @end example |
| 1992 | 1992 |
| 1993 In some cases, a leading @samp{..} can remain in the output: | 1993 In some cases, a leading @samp{..} component can remain in the output: |
| 1994 | 1994 |
| 1995 @example | 1995 @example |
| 1996 @group | 1996 @group |
| 1997 (expand-file-name "../home" "/") | 1997 (expand-file-name "../home" "/") |
| 1998 @result{} "/../home" | 1998 @result{} "/../home" |
| 1999 @end group | 1999 @end group |
| 2000 @end example | 2000 @end example |
| 2001 | 2001 |
| 2002 This is for use with filesystems that have the concept of a | 2002 @noindent |
| 2003 This is for the sake of filesystems that have the concept of a | |
| 2003 ``superroot'' above the root directory @file{/}. On other filesystems, | 2004 ``superroot'' above the root directory @file{/}. On other filesystems, |
| 2004 @file{/../} is interpreted exactly the same as @file{/}. | 2005 @file{/../} is interpreted exactly the same as @file{/}. |
| 2005 | 2006 |
| 2006 Note that @code{expand-file-name} does @emph{not} expand environment | 2007 Note that @code{expand-file-name} does @emph{not} expand environment |
| 2007 variables; only @code{substitute-in-file-name} does that. | 2008 variables; only @code{substitute-in-file-name} does that. |