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Subject: Re: Unable to quit emacs after enabling Clocking
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:15:55 +0530
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To: Noorul Islam <noorul@noorul.com>
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I fixed the issue by setting the value of backup-directory-alist as 
shown below:

(setq backup-directory-alist '((".~" . "./.emacs.d/")))

Thanks for your support,
mwnn

On 10/24/2010 09:17 AM, Noorul Islam wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:54 AM, mwnn<mwnnlin@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> The call trace is as shown below:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp (".~"))
>>   expand-file-name((".~") "/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/")
>>   make-backup-file-name-1("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
>>   find-backup-file-name("/home/mwnn/.emacs.d/org-clock-save.el")
>>   backup-buffer()
>>   basic-save-buffer-2()
>>   basic-save-buffer-1()
>>   basic-save-buffer()
>>   save-buffer()
>>   org-clock-save()
>>   run-hooks(kill-emacs-hook)
>>   kill-emacs()
>>   save-buffers-kill-emacs(nil)
>>   save-buffers-kill-terminal(nil)
>>   call-interactively(save-buffers-kill-terminal nil nil)
>>
>
> What is the value of backup-directory-alist?
>
> C-h v backup-directory-alist
>
> I think it should be an alist.
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Noorul
>