Re: <filename> changed on disk; really edit the buffer?

[Stephan Lukits]

Eli Zaretskii schrieb:
> > From: Stephan Lukits <stephan.lukits@FernUni-Hagen.de>
> > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:28:55 +0100
> > Cc: 
> >
> > > > every few minutes I get this annoying question:
> > > > <filename> changed on disk; really edit the buffer?
> > > Thank you for your report.
> > >
> > > What file is that?  Or does this happen with any file that Emacs
> > > visits?
> > It happens with any file that Emacs visits.
>
> Can you please show the values computed by
>
>    (file-attributes FILE)

Here we go.  The output of

"M-x eval-expression RET" and "(file-attributes "~/.emacs") RET"

is

(nil 1 5 5 (18224 33856) (18216 41981) (18206 2636) 3042 "-rw-rw-rw-"
 nil -16252 (6714 . 34723))

> and by
>
>    (visited-file-modtime)
>
> the latter in the buffer that visits FILE?
>
> Please do this immediately after you visit the file with
> "C-x C-f FILE RET".

The output of

"M-x eval-expression RET" and "(visited-file-modtime) RET"

is

(18216 41981)

immediately after

"C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET"


best regards
Stephan