From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Martin von Gagern <Martin.vGagern@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: backup-buffer-copy loops if old backup can't be deleted
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:28:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46CB0495.7050904@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46CAFBEF.2040606@gmx.net>
>>Suppose the file to-name exists but cannot be
>>deleted. `copy-file' will raise its `file-already-exists' error and you
>>remain trapped in that loop.
>
>
> No, if the file cannot be deleted, the delete-file will signal a
> file-error so copy-file doesn't even get a chance to signal a
> file-already-exists error because it doesn't get called at all. As the
> outer condition-case doesn't catch file-error, the signal will propagate
> up the call stack.
I stand corrected. The file-error is caught in `backup-buffer' and
further file-errors don't get trapped.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-21 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.5018.1187641790.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-20 22:01 ` backup-buffer-copy loops if old backup can't be deleted Martin von Gagern
[not found] ` <mailman.5021.1187647310.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-21 12:18 ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 14:37 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 14:51 ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 15:28 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2007-08-21 19:35 ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-21 21:01 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 21:50 ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-22 9:13 ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22 9:44 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-22 9:48 ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22 12:40 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-22 21:37 ` Michael Schierl
2007-08-21 22:21 ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22 9:51 ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-08-23 20:59 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-24 7:13 ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-24 9:10 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-25 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-25 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] ` <mailman.5219.1187902794.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-24 6:11 ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-08-20 19:58 Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 6:50 ` martin rudalics
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