From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2631: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:32:45 +1100 Message-ID: <874oxey21u.fsf@blah.blah> References: <87d4cjzf89.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <877i2p9fu5.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Kevin Ryde , 2631@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238197577 29540 80.91.229.12 (27 Mar 2009 23:46:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2631@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 28 00:47:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LnLll-0004yz-HP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:47:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48661 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LnLkO-0001g7-GZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:46:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LnLiM-0000w7-SG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LnLiH-0000se-BV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36941 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LnLiG-0000sK-UH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:48 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:44953) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LnLiG-0002E0-5f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:48 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2RNhjNC017049; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:43:45 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n2RNe4bw015955; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:40:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Ryde Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:40:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2631 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 2631-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2631.123819680814450 (code B ref 2631); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:40:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2631) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 27 Mar 2009 23:33:28 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mailout2.pacific.net.au (mailout2-11.pacific.net.au [125.255.80.138]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2RNXPAO014444 for <2631@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:33:26 -0700 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.163]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B2191F185A; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:33:23 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from blah.blah (ppp203E.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.32.62]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A6227407; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:33:23 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from gg by blah.blah with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LnLXZ-00051y-Tj; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:32:45 +1100 In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:05:02 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:43:53 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:26690 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii 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.