GNU bug report logs - #1688
23.0.60; ttname returned by system-process-attributes points to nonexisting file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>

Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:05:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: richardeng <richardeng <at> foxmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 1688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org, ueno <at> unixuser.org
Subject: bug#1688: 23.0.60; ttname returned by system-process-attributes points to nonexisting file
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:00:45 -0500

> check ISDIR first

It's a good heursitic, but it's still just a heuristic.
You may have a /dev/tty directory and still use /dev/tty1.
Maybe it's better to get rid of the "/dev/" prefix to make it more clear
that it's not really a valid file name.


        Stefan
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