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From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Martin von Gagern <Martin.vGagern@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: backup-buffer-copy loops if old backup can't be deleted
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:28:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46CB0495.7050904@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46CAFBEF.2040606@gmx.net>

 >>Suppose the file to-name exists but cannot be
 >>deleted.  `copy-file' will raise its `file-already-exists' error and you
 >>remain trapped in that loop.
 >
 >
 > No, if the file cannot be deleted, the delete-file will signal a
 > file-error so copy-file doesn't even get a chance to signal a
 > file-already-exists error because it doesn't get called at all. As the
 > outer condition-case doesn't catch file-error, the signal will propagate
 > up the call stack.

I stand corrected.  The file-error is caught in `backup-buffer' and
further file-errors don't get trapped.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-21 15:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.5018.1187641790.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-20 22:01 ` backup-buffer-copy loops if old backup can't be deleted Martin von Gagern
     [not found] ` <mailman.5021.1187647310.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-21 12:18   ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 14:37     ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 14:51       ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 15:28         ` martin rudalics [this message]
2007-08-21 19:35         ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-21 21:01           ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 21:50             ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-22  9:13               ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22  9:44                 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-22  9:48                   ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22 12:40                     ` martin rudalics
2007-08-22 21:37                     ` Michael Schierl
2007-08-21 22:21             ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22  9:51               ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-08-23 20:59     ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-24  7:13       ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-24  9:10         ` martin rudalics
2007-08-25  4:07           ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-25  4:07         ` Richard Stallman
     [not found]     ` <mailman.5219.1187902794.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-24  6:11       ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-08-20 19:58 Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21  6:50 ` martin rudalics

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