> I thought "ls -l" will show the target of > the symlink, but maybe it doesn't on macOS? It does indeed do that, even on macOS However, it is the .emacs that is a symlink. $ ls -l ~/.emacs lrwxr-xr-x 1 username staff 59 Dec 6 2015 .emacs -> /Users/username/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs The lock file is not a link. On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 8:47 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Duncan Greatwood > > Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 07:17:59 -0700 > > Cc: 70973@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > > If you can reproduce the problem, please tell what does > > > > > > ls -l ~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/.#dotemacs > > > > > > produce when you see the warnings > > > > As follows: > > $ ls -l ~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/.#dotemacs > > -rw-r--r--@ 1 username staff 0 May 16 07:13 > > /Users/username/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/.#dotemacs > > Sorry, that doesn't help. I thought "ls -l" will show the target of > the symlink, but maybe it doesn't on macOS? In that case, you should > be able to use the Emacs function file-symlink-p: when called with the > lock file as its argument, it should return the target of the symlink > as a string. > -- NOTICE: This email and its attachments may contain privileged and confidential information, only for the viewing and use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, acting upon, or use of the information contained in this email and its attachments is strictly prohibited and that this email and its attachments must be immediately returned to the sender and deleted from your system. If you received this email erroneously, please notify the sender immediately.  Xage Security, Inc. and its affiliates will never request personal information (e.g., passwords, Social Security numbers) via email.  Report suspicious emails to security-alerts@xage.com