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30.0.50; [Cygwin] `lock-file' creates a symlink with funny name

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Message #38 received at 70415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: yamaoka <at> jpl.org, 70415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70415: 30.0.50; [Cygwin] `lock-file' creates a symlink with
 funny name
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:23:21 -0400

On 4/29/2024 10:34 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:05:35 -0400
>> From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
>> Cc: 70415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>> I finally had a chance to look at this, and I can't reproduce the
>> problem.  The autosave file does not have the ":BOOT_TIME" part, and it
>> gets deleted properly when the file is saved.  I'm running the latest
>> stable release of Cygwin (3.5.3) on Windows 11 (version 23H2, build
>> 22631.3447).
> 
> This is not about autosave files, this is about lock files.  Those are
> created once you modify a file-visiting buffer.

Sorry, I didn't write what I meant.  I meant to refer to the lock file.

Ken

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