Article View: gnu.emacs.bug
Article #99478Bug in write-file
From: Dale Worley
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 14:50
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 14:50
21 lines
1322 bytes
1322 bytes
Summary: Write-file produces a strange error message when given a
file name in a nonexistant directory.
Version: Gnu Emacs 18.53
To reproduce: Start Emacs. Type "M-x write-file RET /a/b/c/d RET".
Emacs queries "File d is write-protected; try to save anyway? (yes or
no)". Reply "yes RET". Emacs gives error "Doing chmod: no such file or
directory, /a/b/c/d".
My opinion: At the time that Emacs discovers that it cannot write
/a/b/c/d, it should be able to determine that it involves a
nonexistant directory and should report that to the user.
Thanks,
Dale Worley Compass, Inc. worley@compass.com
--
Is not the whole world a vast house of assignaion to which the filing system
has been lost?
--Quentin Crisp
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<9008281450.AA14068@sn1987a.compass.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!compass.com!worleyShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,91fdca4f1c10ca46,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-08-28 09:36:21 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!compass.com!worley From: worley@compass.com (Dale Worley) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Bug in write-file Message-ID: <9008281450.AA14068@sn1987a.compass.com> Date: 28 Aug 90 14:50:07 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 21 Posted: Tue Aug 28 15:50:07 1990