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Re: Function to know weither a dir is local or remote


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Function to know weither a dir is local or remote
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:01:14 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)

tomas@tuxteam.de [2022-10-21 19:00:56] wrote:
>> file-remote-p works only when you use a special file name syntax. This
>> is not clear from the docstring.
> I think it's not about the syntax per se, but about whether Emacs handles
> the remoteness itself or it is the operating system's job.

There's also the question of it means to be "remote".
Is a file accessed via /su:... remote?
What about a file accessed via NFS to a virtual machine running on the
same physical machine?


        Stefan




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