}
#endif /* not VMS */
- current_buffer->directory = build_string (buf);
+ current_buffer->directory = make_unibyte_string (buf, strlen (buf));
+ if (! NILP (buffer_defaults.enable_multibyte_characters))
+ /* At this momemnt, we still don't know how to decode the
+ direcotry name. So, we keep the bytes in multibyte form so
+ that ENCODE_FILE correctly gets the original bytes. */
+ current_buffer->directory
+ = string_to_multibyte (current_buffer->directory);
/* Add /: to the front of the name
if it would otherwise be treated as magic. */