GNU bug report logs - #11385
24.0.96; `image-dired-create-thumb': (file-error "Setting current directory" "no such file or directory" "$HOME/")

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.0.96

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Andreas Schwab'" <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> gnu.org>, 11385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11385: 24.0.96; `image-dired-create-thumb': (file-error "Setting current directory" "no such file or directory" "$HOME/")
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:34:16 -0700

> You need to find out who ever sets default-directory to
> "c:/drews-lisp-20/$HOME/".

Yes, it is my code that (mistakenly) does that.  That is what is provoking the
problem, but I think the image-dired code should anyway protect against such a
case, instead of leading to a low-level error.

If you don't think so, feel free to close the bug.
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