Re: Odd value for auto_save_mode_bits

[Kim F. Storm]

Klaus Zeitler <address@hidden> writes:

> Since a few days I'm having auto-save problems. I think this is caused
> by the following lines in function auto_save_1 (fileio.c)
>
>   else if (! NILP (current_buffer->filename))
>     /* Remote files don't cooperate with stat.  */
>     auto_save_mode_bits = XINT (Ffile_modes (current_buffer->filename)) | 
> 0600;
>
> if the filename doesn't yet exist, Ffile_modes (current_buffer->filename)
> returns Qnil, i.e. auto_save_mode_bits will be set to 415104.
> An open call that uses this value for parameter mode results in EACCES.

Thanks for the report.  I just installed a fix.

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