# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 860962759 0
# Node ID 5d1881f8c7f15be2927a88e1992d08a8637a7cc3
# Parent  368547942e03e09d864ffb46fbbc92853a65ef86
(dired-internal-noselect): When setting default-directory,
don't check file-name-directory.

diff -r 368547942e03 -r 5d1881f8c7f1 lisp/dired.el
--- a/lisp/dired.el	Sun Apr 13 20:08:59 1997 +0000
+++ b/lisp/dired.el	Sun Apr 13 20:19:19 1997 +0000
@@ -481,9 +481,11 @@
 			   "Directory has changed on disk; type \\[revert-buffer] to update Dired")))))
       ;; Else a new buffer
       (setq default-directory
-	    (if (file-directory-p dirname)
-		dirname
-	      (file-name-directory dirname)))
+	    ;; We can do this unconditionally
+	    ;; because dired-noselect ensures that the name
+	    ;; is passed in directory name syntax
+	    ;; if it was the name of a directory at all.
+	    (file-name-directory dirname))
       (or switches (setq switches dired-listing-switches))
       (dired-mode dirname switches)
       (if mode (funcall mode))