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From: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 2631@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2631: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:32:45 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874oxey21u.fsf@blah.blah> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uwsaordzl.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:05:02 +0200")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> Doesn't chdir need certain rights?

Only search perms in the parent directories leading to a given dir, I
believe.

I suppose the root dir could be unreadable/unsearchable too.  Dunno what
chdir would do in that case (I'm not brave enough to try it either!) but
certainly if the root dir is unsearchable then no subdir can work.






  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-27 23:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <87d4cjzf89.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-03-10 22:24 ` bug#2631: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Kevin Ryde
2009-03-11  2:10   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-11  4:23     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-11 21:00     ` Kevin Ryde
2009-03-15  2:40   ` bug#2631: marked as done (get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-08-16  0:40   ` bug#2631: marked as done (get-free-disk-space when home dir also " Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-03-17  0:02 ` bug#2631: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Kevin Ryde
2009-03-17  4:05   ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-27 23:32     ` Kevin Ryde [this message]
2009-03-27 23:17   ` Kevin Ryde
2009-03-27 23:25     ` Processed: " Emacs bug Tracking System
     [not found] <871vnclhoz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-07-23 22:19 ` bug#3911: 23.1.50; get-free-disk-space relative to non-existent default-directory Kevin Ryde
2009-08-16  0:40   ` bug#3911: marked as done (23.1.50; get-free-disk-space relative to non-existent default-directory) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-10-02  0:35   ` bug#3911: marked as done (get-free-disk-space race condition on default-directory test) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-08-18  0:23 ` bug#3911: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Kevin Ryde
2009-08-18  1:02   ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-19 21:43     ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-19 22:03     ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-22  3:57       ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-24 23:45         ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-25 18:29           ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-29  1:32             ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-29  3:37               ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01  1:37                 ` Kevin Ryde
2009-09-01  6:05                   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-07  0:28                     ` Kevin Ryde

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