From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 22:04:23 +0300 Message-ID: <83d1noq30o.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1465585473 17672 80.91.229.3 (10 Jun 2016 19:04:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:04:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23743@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 10 21:04:23 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRj7-0003CK-3v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:04:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43931 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRj6-0004uw-Et for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:04:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRix-0004sz-Jr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:04:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRis-0002Yh-Jj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:04:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:52155) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRis-0002YZ-HB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRis-0001w6-8y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:04:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23743 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23743-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23743.14655854327426 (code B ref 23743); Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23743) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jun 2016 19:03:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36259 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRii-0001vi-28 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:03:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53693) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRig-0001vO-9Y for 23743@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:03:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRiX-0002M0-3R for 23743@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:03:45 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35459) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRiX-0002Lu-0n; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:03:41 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4709 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bBRiV-0008E7-8Y; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:03:39 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:35:54 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:119395 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 10:35:54 -0700 (PDT) > From: Drew Adams > > emacs -Q > > C-x C-f foo-<-4-n.el > > Type some text in that file buffer. > > C-x C-s ; try to save it. > > Saving file d:/usr/drew/drews-lisp-20/foo-<-4-n.el... > basic-save-buffer-2: Opening output file: invalid argument, d:/.../foo-<-4-n.el > > Apparently it doesn't like `<' in a file name? Yes, Windows doesn't allow that. > If so, and if that is "normal", then the user should get a much > better error message than this. That's the error that comes from the filesystem, Emacs doesn't know any better.