>>>> (expand-file-name (file-name-nondirectory fname) dir) >> >>> This works for me: >>> (concat (file-name-as-directory "~/tmp") >>> (file-name-nondirectory "~/tmp/~"))
Note that other than the issue of filenames like "~", `concat' is useful also in the case where `dir' is not an absolute directory and you don't want the output to be an absolute filename either. Stefan _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel