Re: (directory-files ...) seems broken

Hrvoje> Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; writes: Hrvoje> Your description does not make it clear what you consider a bug: Hrvoje> including "." and ".." on Unix or not including them on NT when Hrvoje> invoked on "/"? Hrvoje, after reading the doc-string of `directory-files', which contains this bit: If FILES-ONLY is the symbol t, then only the "files" in the directory will be returned; subdirectories will be excluded. If FILES-ONLY is not nil and not t, then only the subdirectories will be returned. Otherwise, if FILES-ONLY is nil (the default) then both files and subdirectories will be returned. I consider including ".", and ".." as ``subdirectories'' of any directory a bug. Else the doc string should make this property of `directory-files' more clear. Wouldn't you agree that the statement "Directory / contains itself, its parent directory and some more files and directories" is asking for trouble as it stands? It smells inf-loopy to me. The different behavior on UNIX and NT I consider another bug. Just my two ".." :-) Adrian Hrvoje> The former is not a bug -- that's how `directory-files' has always Hrvoje> behaved. The latter might be a bug. Hrvoje> -- Hrvoje> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia Hrvoje> --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Hrvoje> Your lucky number today is 29842924728. Look for it everywhere. -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Straße 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MÜNCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com