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| author | cvs |
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| date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:31:12 +0200 |
| parents | 131b0175ea99 |
| children | 1856695b1fa9 |
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| 135:4636a6841cd6 | 136:b980b6286996 |
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| 1565 | 1565 |
| 1566 @c Emacs 19 feature | 1566 @c Emacs 19 feature |
| 1567 @defun file-relative-name filename &optional directory | 1567 @defun file-relative-name filename &optional directory |
| 1568 This function does the inverse of expansion---it tries to return a | 1568 This function does the inverse of expansion---it tries to return a |
| 1569 relative name that is equivalent to @var{filename} when interpreted | 1569 relative name that is equivalent to @var{filename} when interpreted |
| 1570 relative to @var{directory}. (If such a relative name would be longer | 1570 relative to @var{directory}. |
| 1571 than the absolute name, it returns the absolute name instead.) | |
| 1572 | 1571 |
| 1573 @c XEmacs feature? | 1572 @c XEmacs feature? |
| 1574 If @var{directory} is @code{nil} or omitted, the value of | 1573 If @var{directory} is @code{nil} or omitted, the value of |
| 1575 @code{default-directory} is used. | 1574 @code{default-directory} is used. |
| 1576 | 1575 |
| 1577 @example | 1576 @example |
| 1578 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/foo/") | 1577 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/foo/") |
| 1579 @result{} "bar") | 1578 @result{} "bar") |
| 1580 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/hack/") | 1579 (file-relative-name "/foo/bar" "/hack/") |
| 1581 @result{} "/foo/bar") | 1580 @result{} "../foo/bar") |
| 1582 @end example | 1581 @end example |
| 1583 @end defun | 1582 @end defun |
| 1584 | 1583 |
| 1585 @defvar default-directory | 1584 @defvar default-directory |
| 1586 The value of this buffer-local variable is the default directory for the | 1585 The value of this buffer-local variable is the default directory for the |