Re: emacs question

[Kevin Rodgers]

Jeffrey Leitner wrote:
> They do not get this error when using vi in the same environment.

That is irrelevant, and besides vi sucks.

> The customer has input the following:
> Open  a file with emacs, that resides on NAS file system.
> Then try to open again (with  emacs), a file that resides on "pure" AIX
> filesystem  i.e /tmp.
> In both  files, write something, save it, and  just wait 1-2 min.
> If your try to append something in both files, the result will not be
> the same.
> In the first case, you will get the message from emacs that ""<filename>
> changed on disk, really edit the buffer(y,n,r or C-h)? ".
>
> In the second case, if you try to append to the file that was opened
> from /tmp, you will be able to append and continue writing with
> no warnings.

Are the file server's and desktop's clocks precisely in sync?

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Kevin Rodgers