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bug#13522: 24.2; save-buffer removes edited file under some conditions
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#13522: 24.2; save-buffer removes edited file under some conditions |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:37:43 +0200 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:21:33 +0100
> Cc: 13522@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> writes:
>
> > 1. Create a file with: printf "\x80" > file
> > 2. Open the file under X Window with: emacs -Q file
> > 3. Modify the file e.g. by adding a space.
> > 4. Type C-x C-s
> > At this point, Emacs asks the user to select a coding system.
> > 5. Type C-c in the terminal to kill Emacs.
> >
> > The result is that the file "file" is no longer there!
>
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
> at the time.)
>
> This problem is still present in Emacs 29 -- the file is moved to the
> backup file before doing the prompt.
Is it "C-c to kill Emacs" as in "terminate Emacs with a fatal signal",
or is it "C-x C-c" as in "exit Emacs in an orderly fashion"?
If the former, then in general killing a program when it is in the
middle of writing files isn't guaranteed to preserve those files.