Problem loading a symlink'ed file in Emacs batch

Problem loading a symlink'ed file in Emacs batch

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hello,

I have a `org-init.el' file in my home directory, with common settings used
when in batch mode.

That works well when that file is a regular file:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
sva@MEDIACENTER$ make html
Exporting file /cygdrive/c/home/sva/file.txt to HTML...
emacs --batch -Q --eval "(setq debug-on-error t) (add-to-list 'load-path \""~/src/org-mode/lisp"\") (add-to-list 'load-path \""~/src/org-mode/contrib/lisp"\")" -l "~/org-init.el" file.txt -f org-export-as-html
Emacs 24.0.93.1
Org-mode version 7.8.03
OVERVIEW
Loading vc-svn...
Loading vc-git...
Exporting...
Exporting...
Saving file c:/home/sva/file.html...
Wrote c:/home/sva/file.html
HTML export done, pushed to kill ring and clipboard
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

However, if I put it somewhere, and make a symlink from my home directory to
its real place, Emacs fails loading it:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
sva@MEDIACENTER$ make html
Exporting file /cygdrive/c/home/sva/file.txt to HTML...
emacs --batch -Q --eval "(setq debug-on-error t) (add-to-list 'load-path \""~/src/org-mode/lisp"\") (add-to-list 'load-path \""~/src/org-mode/contrib/lisp"\")" -l "~/org-init.el" file.txt -f org-export-as-html
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable !<symlink>ÿþ/)
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "c:/home/sva/org-init.el" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 14
  load-with-code-conversion("c:/home/sva/org-init.el" "c:/home/sva/org-init.el" nil t)
  load("c:/home/sva/org-init.el" nil t)
  command-line-1(("--eval" "(setq debug-on-error t) (add-to-list 'load-path \"~/src/org-mode/lisp\") (add-to-list 'load-path \"~/src/org-mode/contrib/lisp\")" "-l" "~/org-init.el" "file.txt" "-f" "org-export-as-html"))
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()

Makefile:33: recipe for target `file.html' failed
make: *** [file.html] Error 127
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I find this very strange, as I thought the symlink feature would be
transparent for upper applications. This does not seem to be the case, though.

Any idea on how to circumvent this, if possible?

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban

Re: Problem loading a symlink'ed file in Emacs batch

[Achim Gratz]

If you are using NTemacs rather than the one supplied by Cygwin it
simply doesn't know about symlinks.

 
Regards,
Achim.
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Re: Problem loading a symlink'ed file in Emacs batch

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hi Achim,

Achim Gratz wrote:
> If you are using NTemacs rather than the one supplied by Cygwin it simply
> doesn't know about symlinks.

I was using an official GNU Emacs binary for Windows (found on
http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/).

Anyway, switching to Cygwin Emacs does resolve the symlink problem. Thanks a
lot for your answer!

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban