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diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index cd11f07969f..301a3f48f15 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -650,7 +650,13 @@ This is an interface to the function `load'."
(load library))
(defun file-remote-p (file)
- "Test whether FILE specifies a location on a remote system."
+ "Test whether FILE specifies a location on a remote system.
+Return an identification of the system if the location is indeed
+remote. The identification of the system may comprise a method
+to access the system and its hostname, amongst other things.
+
+For example, the filename \"/user@host:/foo\" specifies a location
+on the system \"/user@host:\"."
(let ((handler (find-file-name-handler file 'file-remote-p)))
(if handler
(funcall handler 'file-remote-p file)
@@ -2916,8 +2922,8 @@ on a DOS/Windows machine, it returns FILENAME on expanded form."
(file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name (or directory
default-directory))))
(setq filename (expand-file-name filename))
- (let ((hf (find-file-name-handler filename 'file-remote-p))
- (hd (find-file-name-handler directory 'file-remote-p)))
+ (let ((fremote (file-remote-p filename))
+ (dremote (file-remote-p directory)))
(if ;; Conditions for separate trees
(or
;; Test for different drives on DOS/Windows
@@ -2925,20 +2931,8 @@ on a DOS/Windows machine, it returns FILENAME on expanded form."
;; Should `cygwin' really be included here? --stef
(memq system-type '(ms-dos cygwin windows-nt))
(not (eq t (compare-strings filename 0 2 directory 0 2))))
- ;; Test for different remote file handlers
- (not (eq hf hd))
;; Test for different remote file system identification
- (and
- hf
- (let ((re (car (rassq hf file-name-handler-alist))))
- (not
- (equal
- (and
- (string-match re filename)
- (substring filename 0 (match-end 0)))
- (and
- (string-match re directory)
- (substring directory 0 (match-end 0))))))))
+ (not (equal fremote dremote)))
filename
(let ((ancestor ".")
(filename-dir (file-name-as-directory filename)))