Subject: bug#13661: closed (Re: bug#13661: 24.3.50; shell-command fails with w32-downcase-file-names)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:40:03 +0000

Your bug report

#13661: 24.3.50;  shell-command fails with w32-downcase-file-names

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#13661: 24.3.50; shell-command fails with w32-downcase-file-names
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:38:54 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> From: <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:35:15 +0000
> 
> The `shell-command' function fails if `w32-downcase-file-names' is true.
> 
> 
> Recipe from -Q:
> M-: (setq SPC w32-downcase-file-names SPC t) RET
> 
> M-! dir <return>
> 
> 
> Result:
> (Shell command failed with error)
> shell-command-on-region: File exists: c:/users/buster/appdata/local/temp/emxxxxxx

Damn that w32-downcase-file-names option!  Why are people still using
it in the year 2013??

Thanks; fixed in revision 111711.

Subject: 24.3.50; shell-command fails with w32-downcase-file-names
From: <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:35:15 +0000
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

The `shell-command' function fails if `w32-downcase-file-names' is true.

Recipe from -Q:
M-: (setq SPC w32-downcase-file-names SPC t) RET

M-! dir <return>

Result:
(Shell command failed with error)
shell-command-on-region: File exists: c:/users/buster/appdata/local/temp/emxxxxxx

In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.2.9200)
 of 2013-02-08 on MACHINE
Bzr revision: 111700 [email-masked]
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.2.9200
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --cflags -I c:/gnuwin32/include --ldflags
 -L c:/gnuwin32/lib’

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ENG
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
( s e t q SPC w 3 2 - d o w n c a s e - f i l e - n 
a m e s SPC t ) C-x C-e M-! g c c SPC - - v e r s i 
o n <return> M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s w - b u g
<return>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
t
(Shell command failed with error)
shell-command-on-region: File exists: c:/users/buster/appdata/local/temp/emxxxxxx

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