From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: File exists, but cannot be read, so don't go opening a buffer Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:32:11 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87oejsyj84.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096231435 2328 80.91.229.6 (26 Sep 2004 20:43:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:43:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 26 22:43:47 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CBfs3-0004bD-00 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:43:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CBfyF-0002L1-SZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:50:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CBfxn-00029l-3G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:49:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CBfxl-00028i-0j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:49:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CBfxk-00028P-Qe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:49:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CBfrJ-0002z8-IB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:43:01 -0400 Original-Received: from ppp-218-32-112-15.tc.sparqnet.net ([218.32.112.15]:32788 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.42 #0) id 1CBfrH-000Amd-2u by authid with plain for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:12:59 +0530 Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni1 with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CBdoh-0000jk-2d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:32:11 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9091 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9091 For files like /dev/fd/0 on Linux, hitting v in dired gives File exists, but cannot be read But then a empty buffer is created nonetheless. Better is v on /proc/kmsg: File is not readable: /proc/kmsg Where no buffer is created.