From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs changed file's own user and file permission Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:16:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4ad823b9-4941-4883-8771-de43d50913de@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197346598 17729 80.91.229.12 (11 Dec 2007 04:16:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:16:38 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 11 05:16:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J1wXv-0000A8-5y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:16:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1wXd-0001cT-EF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:16:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1wXM-0001ZH-4W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:16:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1wXK-0001W4-Jd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:16:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1wXK-0001Vk-BG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:16:02 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J1wXJ-0001xw-Ub for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:16:02 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-13-205.inter.net.il [80.230.13.205]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id INK42410 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:13:28 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: (message from Xah Lee on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:18:46 -0800 (PST)) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49993 Archived-At: > From: Xah Lee > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:18:46 -0800 (PST) > > i just tried it and the file is backed up as for example: > !Users!xah!web!emacs!xah_emacs_google_earth.el~ That's on MS-Windows, I presume. > i think this is not a robust solution because in principle the file > name length would quickly reach its limit. What limit? What do you think is the limit of a file-name length on your system? (And what system is that?)