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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1997-07-16 20:55:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1997-07-16 20:55:50 +0000 |
| commit | 9714152b6bede78e81a21db5bf335b2f8fbc9fa0 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d38ae83e567f8831b2ac94734633d5bb5706bff /lisp/dired.el | |
| parent | d326e80b9d6b84e7eb6d287fd2cb61ba21251985 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-9714152b6bede78e81a21db5bf335b2f8fbc9fa0.tar.gz | |
(dired-find-file): Better error message
for symlink to nonexistent target.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/dired.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired.el | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el index c4cfc2ea73e..c767b1c6b3e 100644 --- a/lisp/dired.el +++ b/lisp/dired.el @@ -1226,7 +1226,9 @@ Creates a buffer if necessary." (let ((file-name (file-name-sans-versions (dired-get-filename) t))) (if (file-exists-p file-name) (find-file file-name) - (error "File no longer exists; type `g' to update Dired buffer")))) + (if (file-symlink-p file-name) + (error "File is a symlink to a nonexistent target") + (error "File no longer exists; type `g' to update Dired buffer"))))) (defun dired-mouse-find-file-other-window (event) "In dired, visit the file or directory name you click on." |