bugMIT/GNU Scheme - Bugs: bug #44913, PATHNAME-TYPE reports wrong file...

 
 

bug #44913: PATHNAME-TYPE reports wrong file types for backup files in Dired buffers

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Fri 24 Apr 2015 02:50:46 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  runtime Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Suboptimal behavior
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  Rich Loveland
Originator Email:  -email is unavailable- Open/Closed:  Open
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Sat 25 Apr 2015 12:51:21 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I think the real problem is that pathname-type is not unspecific too, like pathname-version.  Unix doesn't have either one, numerous customs notwithstanding.  DIRECTORY-READ should really be returning pathnames with just a name component on Unix, e.g. "my-diary.txt.gpg~".  That seems VASTLY less troublesome than guessing.  I'll throw in a glob function as a consolation. :-)

 Matt Birkholz <mhb>
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Fri 24 Apr 2015 02:50:46 AM UTC, original submission:  

To reproduce:

1. In Edwin, browse a directory in dired where you have some numbered autosave files, e.g., 'foo.txt.~12~'.  Position your cursor on one of these files.

2. M-: (ge '(edwin dired))

3. M-: (pathname-type (dired-current-pathname))

Expected behavior is that it returns "txt", since that is the file type.

Actual behavior is that it returns "~12~".

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