Re: <filename> changed on disk; really edit the buffer?

[Stephan Lukits <stephan.lukits@FernUni-Hagen.de>]

Eli Zaretskii schrieb:
>> From: Stephan Lukits <stephan.lukits@FernUni-Hagen.de>
>> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:28:55 +0100
>> Cc: 
>>
>>>> every few minutes I get this annoying question:
>>>> <filename> changed on disk; really edit the buffer?
>>> Thank you for your report.
>>>
>>> What file is that?  Or does this happen with any file that Emacs
>>> visits?
>> It happens with any file that Emacs visits.
> 
> Can you please show the values computed by
> 
>    (file-attributes FILE)

Here we go.  The output of

"M-x eval-expression RET" and "(file-attributes "~/.emacs") RET"

is

(nil 1 5 5 (18224 33856) (18216 41981) (18206 2636) 3042 "-rw-rw-rw-"
  nil -16252 (6714 . 34723))

> 
> and by
> 
>    (visited-file-modtime)
> 
> the latter in the buffer that visits FILE?
> 
> Please do this immediately after you visit the file with
> "C-x C-f FILE RET".

The output of

"M-x eval-expression RET" and "(visited-file-modtime) RET"

is

(18216 41981)

immediately after

"C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET"


best regards
Stephan