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Subject: Re: Problems with HOME on w32
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Seems like a bug in the library if the following causes a buffer=20
overflow when .emacs exists:

struct stat ignored;
stat ("C:/.emacs", &ignored);


Lennart Borgman wrote:
> There is a message about a problem with HOME on w32 on=20
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsW32 :
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> The symptom is =93Error (initialization): User has no home directory=94=
=20
> and no .emacs file loaded.
>
> A quick kook at HOME env. var shows:
>
>    (getenv "HOME") -> "=8A,=FBw"
>
> I traced Emacs22 file access with NTFILMON
It would be more useful to use gdb.