Re: problem with tumme.el

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > The problem is that the ">" fails if the file already exists.
>> >
>> > So I made a change to "tumme-rotate-original" that checks if that
>> > file is there and deletes it before running the current rotate
>> > command.
>> 
>> Really strange. I rotate images all the time with tumme and I have
>> never seen this problem. Normally ">" has no problem overwriting old
>> files.

> twurgl probably uses a csh variant and has set noclobber while you don't.

But tumme should not be using the user's login shell (especially since it
may be anything, including Emacs).  It should use /bin/sh regardless.  So it
doesn't really explain it.


        Stefan