bug#34834: 26.1; Remote `eshell/mv' and `eshell/cp' on Windows: Opening output file: Invalid argument, c:/home/ ...

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

> IIUC, it works on Posix platforms by sheer luck, is that right?

Yes.

> IOW, on Posix platforms, we also don't recognize this is a remote file
> name until it's too late, and we only get away because the file name
> starts with a slash, and so looks like an absolute file name on Posix
> platforms.  is that correct?

Yes.

I will extend tramp-tests.el to test expand-file-name also with a
relative DIR argument. At least when running on Windows platforms, this
shall trigger this error (and prove it is corrected, when it is
corrected).

> And thanks for the detailed description of the traces.

Best regards, Michael.