Function: locate-find-directory

locate-find-directory is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in locate.el.gz.

Signature

(locate-find-directory)

Documentation

Visit the directory of the file mentioned on this line.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/locate.el.gz
;;; Modified three functions from `dired.el':
;;;   dired-find-directory,
;;;   dired-find-directory-other-window
;;;   dired-get-filename

(defun locate-find-directory ()
  "Visit the directory of the file mentioned on this line."
  (interactive)
  (if (locate-main-listing-line-p)
      (let ((directory-name (locate-get-dirname)))
	(if (file-directory-p directory-name)
	    (find-file directory-name)
	  (if (file-symlink-p directory-name)
	      (error "Directory is a symlink to a nonexistent target")
	    (error "Directory no longer exists; run `updatedb' to update database"))))
    (message "This command only works inside main listing.")))