From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ashok Gautham Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10307: 23.3; Shell fails to run when current-working-directory is not existant Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:01 +0530 Message-ID: <20111216021100.GA2017@byron.anthology> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1324019856 28737 80.91.229.12 (16 Dec 2011 07:17:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:17:36 +0000 (UTC) To: 10307@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 16 08:17:31 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RbS2n-0005j1-Tk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:17:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35888 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbS2n-0006uh-Bl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:17:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57046) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbRbl-0002ou-UV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:49:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbRbk-0008B2-VF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:49:29 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39464) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbRbk-0008Ay-Tr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:49:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RbRdG-0007c5-5C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:51:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Ashok Gautham Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 10307 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.132401822729222 (code B ref -1); Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:51:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Dec 2011 06:50:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RbRce-0007bC-5S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:50:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RbR5n-0006p8-SA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:16:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbR4H-0000Cx-8l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:14:54 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:36901) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbR4H-0000Ct-7M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:14:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58344) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbR4G-0007MU-7C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:14:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbR4F-0000CS-8m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:14:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.199.213.3] (port=48146 helo=byron.anthology) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RbR41-0000Aa-Ks for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:14:51 -0500 Original-Received: from byron.anthology (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by byron.anthology (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pBG2B24e004609 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:02 +0530 Original-Received: (from scriptdevil@localhost) by byron.anthology (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pBG2B1RQ004604 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:01 +0530 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:50:22 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:51:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:17:22 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:55002 Archived-At: * Steps to reproduce bug 1. C-x C-f ~/nonExistant/foo.txt not do this because I want to use the shell to run a command that (Message: Type M-x make-directory RET RET to create directory) I do would create this for me. 2. M-x shell (Message: No such file or directory) Shell does not open * Expected Behaviour 1. Open shell with nearest parent directory that is alive (or) 2. Prompt for the working-directory for shell (or in the worst case) 3. Die with an Error: Shell cannot work without an existing current directory