On 2016-03-24 19:55, Emanuel Berg writes: > Eric S Fraga writes: > >>>> Great idea! I've found it. It's in >>>> ~/.emacs/.cache/auto-save/site. I would never have >>>> thought to look there. >>> >>> But more importantly, Gnus should know to >>> look there! >> >> And what a strange place for auto-save files to end >> up? It's definitely not a default that I can find on >> my system... > > On my system, .emacs isn't even a directory but > a file. Sorry, I should had copied and pasted the path, instead of doing it by hand. It's in .emacs.d/.cache/… > To the OP: what system do you use? and did you > configure it? were you able to replicate this > situation using 'emacs -Q' or otherwise running it > with a minimum of inits? I guess this is the point where I admit I've been using Spacemacs for the last few weeks. Looking at its code, I see that it is setting `auto-save-list-file-prefix' to that place (with the exception of the "site" suffix). Thanks again to everyone, Alan -- OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7 Monthly Athmospheric CO₂ (2016-02, Mauna Loa Obs.): 404.02