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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: invalid argument, when auto-saving mails every minute
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 01:11:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m365aohxar.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <upt90tvtt.fsf@laposte.net>

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.

Are you sure that the c:/peter/auto-save/ directory exists?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen


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