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Re: invalid argument, when auto-saving mails every minute
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Peter |
Subject: |
Re: invalid argument, when auto-saving mails every minute |
Date: |
24 May 2004 10:11:33 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Hamster/2.0.0.1 |
Hi Lars,
> Peter <peter@laposte.net> writes:
> > Emacs/Gnus tries to auto-save mails and news every minute. But it fails,
> > stating (for this post):
> >
> > Auto-saving *news on gnu.emacs.gnus*: Opening output file:
> > invalid argument, c:/peter/auto-save/#*news on gnu.emacs.gnus*#
> >
> > I guess it's because of the spaces in the filename it creates.
>
> Hm. Really? I didn't know there were any OS-es that couldn't have
> spaces in file names.
Just a question of missing double quotes around the filename argument?
[I'm working on Win XP]
> Are you sure that the c:/peter/auto-save/ directory exists?
Yes, definitely.
Best regards,
Peter