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   Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
   References: <9210142122.AA14324@napa.TELEBIT.COM>
   From: chris ross <cjross@BBN.COM>
   Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 23:42:50 EDT
   Sender: cjross@BBN.COM

   In gnu.emacs.bug you write:

   >When change directories in a subshell, Emacs tries to notice, so
   >that find-file etc. do the right thing.  But if the current dir
   >has a subdir called "foobar-frobozz-pastafazoola" and I type
   >"cd foo*" to change into it, Emacs doesn't track it properly.
   >It is maybe too much to ask for Emacs to expand "foo*", but
   >if it tries to cd to "foo*" and fails, it should display
   >some message in the mode line saying that this has happened.
   >Then I can notice and do something about it if necessary.

   Check out the doc for the variable 'shell-set-directory-error-hook'.
   You can use it to issue a warning message, or write your own super-
   intelligent directory tracker.

Thanks.  This should go in the mode help message for shell mode.