tags 186934 + moreinfo thanks On 2003-03-31 07:03 +0200, Jerry Quinn wrote:
> Package: emacs21 > Version: 21.2-1 > Severity: normal > > The function file-attributes is somewhat broken. On the file > /var/mail/<user> (<user> is a specific user), file-attributes returns > nil. However, I can load the spool file into emacs without problem. > Permissions on the file are correctly set to be readable. > > file-attributes is not completely broken since I get reasonable results > for other files, such as <user>/.emacs. > > I found this while trying to figure out why VM would not pull my mail > from the local spool, but would pull in mail from two pop3 accounts. I can't reproduce this, and the only explanation that I have for this behavior is that /var/mail itself is not readable, in which case Emacs won't be able to stat(2) the files in it. Do you still see this? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
