Re: M-x locate fails with no such directory /

[Kevin Rodgers]

Robert Mecklenburg wrote:

> (defun locate-mode ()
>   "Major mode for the `*Locate*' buffer made by \\[locate]."
>   (kill-all-local-variables)
>   ;; Avoid clobbering this variables
>   (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist)
>   (use-local-map             locate-mode-map)
>   (setq major-mode          'locate-mode
>         mode-name           "Locate"
>         default-directory   "/")
>
> I changed default-directory to:
>
> (defun locate-mode ()
>   "Major mode for the `*Locate*' buffer made by \\[locate]."
>   (kill-all-local-variables)
>   ;; Avoid clobbering this variables
>   (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist)
>   (use-local-map             locate-mode-map)
>   (setq major-mode          'locate-mode
>         mode-name           "Locate"
>         default-directory   "C:/")
>
> and M-x locate works again.

Perhaps there should be a root-directory variable that would default to

"/" on Unix, "C:/" on Windows, and something else on VMS.  It would be
analagous to the null-device variable.

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Kevin Rodgers