it isn't necessary because that can cause trouble when an NFS server is down.
(while contents
(unless (member (car contents) '("." ".." "RCS" "CVS"))
(when (and (string-match "\\`[a-zA-Z0-9]" (car contents))
+ ;; Avoid doing a `stat' when it isn't necessary
+ ;; because that can cause trouble when an NFS server
+ ;; is down.
+ (not (string-match "\\.elc?\\'" (car contents)))
(file-directory-p (car contents)))
(let ((expanded (expand-file-name (car contents))))
(unless (file-exists-p (expand-file-name ".nosearch"