Variable: locate-dominating-stop-dir-regexp

locate-dominating-stop-dir-regexp is a variable defined in files.el.gz.

Value

"\\`\\(?:[\\/][\\/][^\\/]+[\\/]\\|/\\(?:net\\|afs\\|\\.\\.\\.\\)/\\)\\'"

Documentation

Regexp of directory names that stop the search in locate-dominating-file.

Any directory whose name matches this regexp will be treated like a kind of root directory by locate-dominating-file, which will stop its search when it bumps into it. The default regexp prevents fruitless and time-consuming attempts to find special files in directories in which file names are interpreted as host names, or mount points potentially requiring authentication as a different user.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/files.el.gz
(defvar locate-dominating-stop-dir-regexp
  "\\`\\(?:[\\/][\\/][^\\/]+[\\/]\\|/\\(?:net\\|afs\\|\\.\\.\\.\\)/\\)\\'"
  "Regexp of directory names that stop the search in `locate-dominating-file'.
Any directory whose name matches this regexp will be treated like
a kind of root directory by `locate-dominating-file', which will stop its
search when it bumps into it.
The default regexp prevents fruitless and time-consuming attempts to find
special files in directories in which file names are interpreted as host names,
or mount points potentially requiring authentication as a different user.")