how to check and inform if visited file has been deleted

how to check and inform if visited file has been deleted

[bdimych]

Hi All.

I looked for and have not found a standard way to configure emacs so that
when opened file has been deleted externally, the message box would be
displayed. I have written some workaround with separate timer, it works but
not well tested and seems too complex. Is there simpler standard way?

http://www.nabble.com/file/p14950889/deletedfile.el deletedfile.el 
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Re: how to check and inform if visited file has been deleted

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

bdimych wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> I looked for and have not found a standard way to configure emacs so that
> when opened file has been deleted externally, the message box would be
> displayed. I have written some workaround with separate timer, it works but
> not well tested and seems too complex. Is there simpler standard way?
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p14950889/deletedfile.el deletedfile.el 

Maybe you want to put your function on kill-buffer-hook instead of using 
a timer? That could perhaps simplify the function too.