Pascal Quesseveur <pques...@gmail.com> writes: > From time to time I work on files mounted from a remote host which is > late compared to my pc. Then I encounter errors when producing files > from Org: > > File xxx wasn't produced > > But the file is produced and is up-to-date. The error message comes > from org-compile-file. In that function the test is to compare the > date at the start of function with the date of the produced file. I > don't know if it's still the case in recent versions, but I think it > could be changed. For example, instead of using the date at the start > of the function, we could use the date of the file if it already > exists > > (time (if (file-exists-p output) > (file-attribute-modification-time (file-attributes output)) > '(0 0 0 0)))
Confirmed. Sorry for the late reply. This kind of use-case is indeed not considered by our code. However, your suggestion will only provide a partial fix - when an older file already exists in the remote folder. May be there a way to get time on remote server? -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
