Re: [19.25, efs 1.9] dired-handler-fn
Denis Howe (dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk)
Mon, 18 Jul 94 14:49:44 BST
Clever old Sandy wrote:
> (defun file-truename (filename)
> ...
> (if handler
> (funcall handler 'file-truename filename)
> (let ((dir (file-name-directory filename))
> target dirfile file-name-handler-alist)
That seems to do the business for me! Thanks.
What if there is no handler for some file name but there is a handler
for a prefix of it? Eg. something weird like "/ant/bat.dir/foo" with
regexp "\\.dir/$". Probably totally contrived.
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