Re: Tramp saving backup file to read-only directory

[Michael Albinus]

"Jeff Costlow" <address@hidden> writes:

> Open a file in a remote read-only directory.  I used /usr/include
> pthread.h.  When it comes time for emacs to save the backup file, tramp
> attempts to save the remote file in that directory.  It will fail, but
> it will keep trying until emacs crashes.
> I can't turn on tramp-verbose for this one because once it attempts to
> write the backup file, nothing can stop it until emacs crashes.

First of all, you can always declare another backup directory (see
documentation).

In order to get control back from a stalled emacs, you might try to
send the emacs process an FPE signal (kill -FPE). This trick works for
me under several Unices, but I have no experience with cygwin.

Best regards, Michael.