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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe>
Cc: 31348@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31348: 26.1; savehist-save errors if savehist-file directory missing
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 17:13:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a7diufve.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADbSrJyZQVBTq4VdxqqG3AhKQ4BGd86mcTXc6DGTVyG94TOW1w@mail.gmail.com> (Allen Li's message of "Wed, 02 May 2018 23:48:36 +0000")

Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:

> savehist-save does not create output directory for savehist-file, e.g.:
>
> savehist-save: Opening output file: no such file or directory,
> /home/bob/some/new/cache/dir/history
>
> This is in contrast with other examples, such as
> filesets-menu-cache-file, which offers to create the directory if it
> does not exist.
>
> This is annoying because the error stops C-x C-c from being able to
> exit Emacs.

I've now changed this on the Emacs trunk so that it just creates the
directory (without prompting) before saving.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





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2018-05-02 23:48 bug#31348: 26.1; savehist-save errors if savehist-file directory missing Allen Li
2019-07-13 15:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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