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RE: How make Dired automatically load file if you input a file path?


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: How make Dired automatically load file if you input a file path?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:07:08 -0800

> Dired initially asks you for a directory path.
> If you give it a file path you will see a listing
> with just that one file.
> 
> How make Dired *AUTOMATICALLY* load that file if you initially gave it
> a file path instead of a directory path?
> e.g. /etc/fstab instead of /etc

Use `find-file' (`C-x C-f'), not `dired' (`C-x d').

C-x C-f /etc opens Dired on /etc
C-x C-f /etc/fstab visits file fstab






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