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This operation exists because a directory is also a file, but its name as a
directory is different from its name as a file. The result can be used as the
value of default-directory or passed as second argument to
expand-file-name.
a file
Return a string representing the file name FILE interpreted as a directory. For a Unix-syntax file name, just appends a slash unless a trailing slash is already present.