Incompatibility between require and emacs -batch ???

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From: Bryan Cheung
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1989 20:42

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Problem description:
    "emacs -batch ___ -l ___ " reports an error message when loading a 
file that uses the require function. The shell command line, and emacs
files are listed below.
***************************************************************************
          ************** Emacs error message ******************************
$ emacs -batch newfile -l mangle.el
^GCannot open load file: foo

$
***************************************************************************
          ************** File "./mangle.el" *******************************
(require 'foobar "foo")
(foobar-function)
***************************************************************************
          ************** File "foo.el" in load-path ***********************
(provide 'foobar)
(defun foobar-function ()
    (insert "this is some\ngeneric gunk")
    (save-buffer)   )
***************************************************************************

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Subject: Incompatibility between require and emacs -batch ???
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