GNU bug report logs - #35448
26.2; save-buffer silently fails in winNT if buffer name has forbidden chars

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Message #14 received at 35448 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: tino.calancha <at> gmail.com
Cc: 35448 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35448: 26.2;
 save-buffer silently fails in winNT if buffer name has forbidden chars
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:22:21 +0300

> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:14:35 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 35448 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Alternate_data_streams_(ADS)
> >   http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles/alternate-streams.phtml
> 
> And to see that your cat's meow is not lost, try this:
> 
>   C-u M-! streams schrodinger RET

Even better, kill the buffer and then "C-x C-f schrodinger:cat RET".
(A program such as 'cat' will also show the text.)

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