In eshell, running the command "ls -al" can produce the following error: c:/Derek $ ls -al total 593 Wrong type argument: integerp, -2023488832.0 From correspondence with Eli Zaretskii on the help-emacs-windows mailing list, this is due to the fact that a user's uid can be a float larger than an Emacs Lisp integer can hold. The owner of the .. directory (c: itself) appears to be a user called TrustedInstaller. In GNU Emacs 23.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.0.6001) of 2009-02-26 on LENNART-69DE564 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.0.6001 configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: ENC value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: cp1252 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: EShell Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: M-x e s h e l l l s SPC - a l c d l s SPC - a l c d SPC . . l s SPC - a l M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: Loading em-basic...done Loading em-cmpl...done Loading em-dirs...done Loading em-glob...done Loading em-hist...done Loading em-ls...done Loading em-prompt...done Loading em-script...done Loading em-term...done Loading em-unix...done -- Derek Kivi Senior Software Developer QuIC Financial Technologies Inc. Office: +1 403 210 8282 Mobile: +1 403 863 5204 derek.kivi@quic.com Risk. Managed. www.quic.com Confidentiality Notice: The information transmitted is intended only for the person(s) or entity(ies) to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and any related material from any computer. ver. QuIC 0707