Dired 7.6 bug: shell command on no file

Ishikawa Ichiro (ichiro@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Wed, 09 Nov 1994 10:11:32 +0900


I think in the previous version "0 &" is bound to shell command on no
file.
But in the current version it seems to be  bound to shell command on the
current file.

Is this an intended feature?

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 19.27.1 (sparc-sun-sunos4.1, X toolkit) of Wed Nov  9 1994 on acc1
Package: Dired

current state:
==============
(setq
      dired-version "7.6"
     dired-auto-shell-command-alist '(("\\.hqx$" "mcvert")
				      ("\\.ps$" "ghostview")
				      ("\\.eps$" "ghostview")
				      ("\\.dvi$" "xdvi" "dvi2ps * >! *b.ps" "dvi2ps_npr * >! *b.ps")
				      ("\\.jpg$" "xv")
				      ("\\.miff$" "display")
				      ("\\.ps\\.g?z$" "gunzip -qc * | ghostview -")
				      ("\\.ps\\.Z$" "zcat * | ghostview -")
				      ("." (if (> (length files) 1)
"tar cvf " (and (= (length files) 1) (file-directory-p
(expand-file-name (car files) (dired-current-directory))) (concat "tar
zcvf " (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name (car files)))
".tar.gz"))))
)
     dired-backup-if-overwrite nil
     dired-bibtex-unclean-extensions '(".blg" ".bbl")
     dired-chown-program "/etc/chown"
     dired-cleanup-alist '(("tex" ".cp" ".cps" ".fn" ".fns" ".ky"
".kys" ".pg" ".pgs" ".tp" ".tps" ".vr" ".vrs" ".toc" ".log" ".aux"
".idx" ".lof" ".lot" ".glo" ".blg" ".bbl")
("patch" ".rej" ".orig")
)
     dired-compression-method 'gzip
     dired-compression-method-alist '((gzip ".gz" ("gzip") ("gzip" "-d") "-f")
(compress ".Z" ("compress" "-f") ("compress" "-d") "-f")
(pack ".z" ("pack" "-f") ("unpack"))
(compact ".C" ("compact") ("uncompact"))
)
     dired-copy-preserve-time t
     dired-dwim-target t
     dired-failed-marker-shell 33
     dired-filename-re-ext "\\..+$"
     dired-find-subdir nil
     dired-gnutar-program "tar"
     dired-keep-marker-compress t
     dired-keep-marker-copy 67
     dired-keep-marker-hardlink 72
     dired-keep-marker-kill 75
     dired-keep-marker-rename t
     dired-keep-marker-symlink 89
     dired-keep-marker-uucode 85
     dired-kept-versions 2
     dired-latex-unclean-extensions '(".idx" ".lof" ".lot" ".glo")
     dired-listing-switches "-al"
     dired-local-variables-file ".dired"
     dired-ls-F-marks-symlinks nil
     dired-ls-program "ls"
     dired-mail-reader 'rmail
     dired-mode-line-modified "-%s%s%s-"
     dired-no-confirm '(create-top-dir)
     dired-omit-extensions '(".o"
".elc"
"~"
".bin"
".lbin"
".fasl"
".dvi"
".toc"
".log"
".aux"
".a"
".ln"
".lof"
".blg"
".bbl"
".glo"
".idx"
".lot"
".fmt"
".cp"
".cps"
".fn"
".fns"
".ky"
".kys"
".pg"
".pgs"
".tp"
".tps"
".vr"
".vrs"
".toc"
".log"
".aux"
".idx"
".lof"
".lot"
".glo"
".blg"
".bbl"
".rej"
".orig"
)
     dired-omit-files nil
     dired-omit-files-regexp "^[#.]"
     dired-patch-unclean-extensions '(".rej" ".orig")
     dired-shell-failure-marker 33
     dired-show-ls-switches nil
     dired-tex-unclean-extensions '(".toc" ".log" ".aux")
     dired-texinfo-unclean-extensions '(".cp"
".cps"
".fn"
".fns"
".ky"
".kys"
".pg"
".pgs"
".tp"
".tps"
".vr"
".vrs"
)
     dired-trivial-filenames "^\\.\\.?$\\|^#"
     dired-unshar-program nil
     dired-use-file-transformers t
     dired-verify-modtimes t
     reporter-version "2.12"
)
--
Ishikawa Ichiro (ichiro@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Center for Climate System Research, 
University of Tokyo, JAPAN