From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: M-x locate fails with no such directory / Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 19:04:30 +0200 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3405-Thu07Aug2003190429+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <200308061441.h76EeksS012484@wolf.cimsoft.com> <9003-Wed06Aug2003215534+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <16177.21744.958000.999185@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060272881 1826 80.91.224.253 (7 Aug 2003 16:14:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 07 18:15:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19knPq-00023A-00 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:15:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19knL5-0001Q5-Ap for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19knKr-0001Lq-2y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:09:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19knKL-0001BU-9q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:09:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.22] (helo=gollum.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19knKK-0001Ag-PB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:09:20 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski (pns03-198-14.inter.net.il [80.230.198.14]) by gollum.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.5-GR) with ESMTP id BDX87548; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:07 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: mecklen@cimsoft.com X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <16177.21744.958000.999185@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (message from Robert Mecklenburg on Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:20:16 -0600) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5502 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5502 > From: Robert Mecklenburg > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:20:16 -0600 > > EZ> Why is "/" wrong for NTEmacs? It means the root directory on the > EZ> current drive. > > Okay, I agree with your statement. Nevertheless I get an emacs error > (and backtrace) with "/" and not with "C:/". I don't know why. I don't know either. This snippet from your backtrace: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Setting current directory" "no such file or directory" "/") call-process("locate" nil t nil "cimsoft/Makefile") doesn't make sense to me: it seems to suggest that Emacs cannot chdir to the root of the current drive. Does "M-x cd RET / RET" also fail on that drive if you type it inside an Emacs session?