From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10307: 23.3; Shell fails to run when current-working-directory is not existant Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:03:03 -0700 Message-ID: <87d0h370ag.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <20111216021100.GA2017@byron.anthology> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="43961"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 10307@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ashok Gautham Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 18 03:04:34 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9cW-000BGB-D7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 03:04:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38850 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9cU-0006tI-Rx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:04:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9c5-0006r5-85 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:04:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9c4-0002su-4v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:04:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48421) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9c4-0002sk-1p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9c3-0001PQ-TC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:04:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:04:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10307 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 10307-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10307.15660901915282 (code B ref 10307); Sun, 18 Aug 2019 01:04:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10307) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Aug 2019 01:03:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57229 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9bD-0001N8-Ek for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:03:11 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:58610) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9bC-0001My-7o for 10307@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [50.225.213.182] (helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hz9b7-0005jt-Gn; Sun, 18 Aug 2019 03:03:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20111216021100.GA2017@byron.anthology> (Ashok Gautham's message of "Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:01 +0530") 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: 209.51.188.43 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:165311 Archived-At: Ashok Gautham writes: > * Steps to reproduce bug > 1. C-x C-f ~/nonExistant/foo.txt > > not do this because I want to use the shell to run a command that > (Message: Type M-x make-directory RET RET to create directory) I do > would create this for me. > > 2. M-x shell > (Message: No such file or directory) Shell does not open > > * Expected Behaviour > 1. Open shell with nearest parent directory that is alive > (or) > 2. Prompt for the working-directory for shell > (or in the worst case) > 3. Die with an Error: Shell cannot work without an existing current > directory (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately have gotten no responses yet.) I tried this in Emacs 27, and it seems like this has been fixed in the years since this bug was filed. In this situation, Emacs now sets default-directory to "/". -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no