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Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> writes:

>>    # Compute a set of current fullpaths
>>    current_fullpaths = set()
>>    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
>>      for fullpath in files:
>
> 'fullpath' is a rather misleading name to use, since the 'files' list
> contains only the terminal node of the file name.  It's only a full
> path after you do the following join.

Yes, you're right. 

Dunno what urged me to ``M-x replace-string file fullpath`` introducing
both an error and a bad variable name, most probably the unconscious
desire of not clobbering builtin names... :-)

Thanks for pointing it out,
ciao, lele.
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