From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Sharon A Watkins" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Bug? Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:41:40 -0700 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030556515 18227 127.0.0.1 (28 Aug 2002 17:41:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 17:41:55 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17k6pA-0004j0-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:41:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17k6qZ-0000yV-00; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:43:15 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17k6p8-0000pL-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17k6p5-0000p8-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:41:45 -0400 Original-Received: from gscamnlm03.wr.usgs.gov ([130.118.4.113]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17k6p4-0000ow-00 for Bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:41:43 -0400 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.1b September 30, 1999 Original-To: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on gscamnlm03/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 08/28/2002 10:41:42 AM Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3341 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3341 I am running emacs on a WinOS system a getting an annoying error message: "Creating directory: permission denied, c:\.emacs.d" I've tried making the directory for emacs as administrator, but WinOS doesn't like directories that start with a period. The message itself isn't too troublesome, but my system dings each time it comes up, and it comes up continuously. Also, when I exit emacs, I get a fatal error. Cheers! Sharon Sharon A. Watkins Hydrologist U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division 333 West Nye Lane, Room 203 Carson City, NV 89706 Office: (775) 887-7607 Fax: (775) 887-7629 E-Mail: swatkins@usgs.gov