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Article #99500Re: Bug in write-file
From: Joe Wells
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 23:18
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 23:18
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In article <9008281450.AA14068@sn1987a.compass.com> worley@compass.com (Dale Worley) writes: Summary: Write-file produces a strange error message when given a file name in a nonexistant directory. Ok, here's a fix in diff format. -- Joe Wells <jbw@bu.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** /usr14/gnu/dist-18.55/lisp/files.el Tue Aug 15 22:31:12 1989 --- files.el Mon Sep 3 19:16:25 1990 *************** *** 660,663 **** --- 660,665 ---- default-directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name)) (auto-save-mode auto-save-default))) + (if (not (file-directory-p default-directory)) + (error "Directory %s doesn't exist!" default-directory)) (if (not (file-writable-p buffer-file-name)) (if (yes-or-no-p
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,91fdca4f1c10ca46 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-09-03 16:18:54 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!nntp-read!jbw From: jbw@bucsf.bu.edu (Joe Wells) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: Bug in write-file Message-ID: <JBW.90Sep3191854@bucsf.bu.edu> Date: 3 Sep 90 23:18:54 GMT References: <9008281450.AA14068@sn1987a.compass.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 21 Posted: Tue Sep 4 00:18:54 1990 In-reply-to: worley@compass.com's message of 28 Aug 90 14:50:07 GMT