From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Duncan Greatwood <dgreatwood@gmail.com>
Cc: 70973@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70973: 29.1; "Unlocking file: Invalid argument" Warning saving via a softlink with stale file lock
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 19:09:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <868r09ivqn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGg=3NUsBxRb5a7NR92JAoAfiHZGknrvpJs6cJ+2byon1wxF5w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Duncan Greatwood on Thu, 16 May 2024 08:55:17 -0700)
> From: Duncan Greatwood <dgreatwood@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 08:55:17 -0700
> Cc: 70973@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > I thought "ls -l" will show the target of
> > the symlink, but maybe it doesn't on macOS?
> It does indeed do that, even on macOS
>
> However, it is the .emacs that is a symlink.
>
> $ ls -l ~/.emacs
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 username staff 59 Dec 6 2015 .emacs ->
> /Users/username/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs
>
> The lock file is not a link.
Is that normal on macOS? Or is that something specific to DropBox?
If you edit a file elsewhere on your system, does Emacs create lock
files that are symlinks?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-16 16:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-16 0:53 bug#70973: 29.1; "Unlocking file: Invalid argument" Warning saving via a softlink with stale file lock Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 8:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 14:17 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 15:55 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 16:09 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-05-16 16:20 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 18:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 19:27 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 19:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 21:36 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-06-01 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
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