This problem is still present in "XEmacs 21.2 (beta38) \"Peisino,Ak(B\" [Lucid] (i586-pc-win32) of Fri Dec 08 2000 on ZJ75T" test cases: (file-attributes "d:\\Users\\AichnerAd\\") nil (file-attributes "d:\\Users\\AichnerAd") (t 1 0 0 (14896 50939) (14896 50863) (14564 37795) 0 "drwxrwxrwx" nil 0 3) (file-attributes "d:/Users/AichnerAd/") nil (file-attributes "d:/Users/AichnerAd") (t 1 0 0 (14896 50939) (14896 50863) (14564 37795) 0 "drwxrwxrwx" nil 0 3) It keeps me from using Gnus and therefor from testing 21.2 betas very much. Is anybody interested in fixing this together with me? Best regards, Adrian Konstantin> I use precompiled XEmacs version Konstantin> XEmacs 21.2 (beta35) "Nike" [Lucid] (i586-pc-win32) of Fri Sep 08 Konstantin> 2000 on NEVERYON Konstantin> The defun file-attributes doesn't work with directory names ending Konstantin> with double backslash, i.e: Konstantin> (file-attributes "c:\\programme\\") Konstantin> nil Konstantin> (file-attributes "c:\\programme") Konstantin> (t 1 0 0 (14785 4701) (14785 4701) (14488 58112) 0 "drwxrwxrwx" nil 0 2) Konstantin> or, open any file not directly under drive (with directory in path) Konstantin> and evaluate in buffer: Konstantin> (file-attributes default-directory) Konstantin> It gives nil too. Konstantin> It works both way with drive-only paths: Konstantin> (file-attributes "c:\\") Konstantin> (t 1 0 0 (4814 38896) (4814 38896) (4814 38896) 0 "drwxrwxrwx" nil 0 2) Konstantin> (file-attributes "c:") Konstantin> (t 1 0 0 (4814 38896) (4814 38896) (4814 38896) 0 "drwxrwxrwx" nil 0 2) Konstantin> Bug or feature?! Workarounds? Konstantin> TIA. Konstantin> -- Konstantin> Konstantin Malakhanov Konstantin> ISOWARE GmbH, Feithstr. 142, 58097 Hagen, Germany Konstantin> email: km(a)isoware.de Tel: 02331/8019-67 FAX: 02331/8019-99 -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/