Re: tramp error: Opening output file: no such file or directory, /usr/src/packages/BUILD/emacs-21.3/src/#todo#

[Michael Albinus]

ken <gebser@speakeasy.net> writes:

> A few days I finally got tramp installed and working.  V.2.1.3.  It
> connects and opens up files and directories (dired) fine.  Then just
> now, while editing a file (named todo) with it, I got this error message
> in the minibuffer:
>
> Opening output file: no such file or directory,
> /usr/src/packages/BUILD/emacs-21.3/src/#todo#
>
> From the little I know of emacs, I'm guessing that tramp/emacs is
> trying to save a temporary file and doesn't have write permission in the
> subdir it's configured to do this in.  (It's kind of nuts to have this
> subdir as the default for this.)  How do I change this?  I would prefer
> to put #todo# in the same subdir as todo... and this would seem to make
> the most sense as the default for everyone.

Read the Tramp manual, section "Auto-save and Backup". It explains
your problem. The solution should be

 (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms nil)

> tnx,
> ken

Best regards, Michael.