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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1996-09-01 00:20:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1996-09-01 00:20:33 +0000 |
| commit | f3ce9ff23c37e2ee2398ecc4b879ff4e2efbc2ad (patch) | |
| tree | 59c3bce34a6182667502d7167f90c1a51a02203e /lisp/files.el | |
| parent | 3442984cbaaaa897f2b51dd971b948c01754f149 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-f3ce9ff23c37e2ee2398ecc4b879ff4e2efbc2ad.tar.gz | |
(make-auto-save-file-name): Try a few directories
to get one we can write in.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/files.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 84dd9391846..35c430c1942 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -2471,8 +2471,14 @@ See also `auto-save-file-name-p'." "\\\\") (substring buffer-name (match-end 0)))) (setq limit (1+ (match-end 0)))) - - (expand-file-name (format "#%s#%s#" buffer-name (make-temp-name "")))))) + ;; Generate the file name. + (expand-file-name + (format "#%s#%s#" buffer-name (make-temp-name "")) + ;; Try a few alternative directories, to get one we can write it. + (cond + ((file-writable-p default-directory) default-directory) + ((file-writable-p "/var/tmp/") "/var/tmp/") + ("~/")))))) (defun auto-save-file-name-p (filename) "Return non-nil if FILENAME can be yielded by `make-auto-save-file-name'. |