"D Goel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes: > >> "D Goel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> (expand-file-name (file-name-nondirectory fname) dir) >>> > >> This works for me: >> (concat (file-name-as-directory "~/tmp") >> (file-name-nondirectory "~/tmp/~")) >> > > > Thanks, I will use just that. > > (I do remember reading in the manual though that the former is > preferable, because it is portable across OSes, including VMS..)
The latter, with file-name-as-directory, should also do the trick on VMS unless I am mistaken. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel