Date:	Thu, 15 May 1997 19:09:14 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Tommy <tommy AT dzn DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: EMACS problem
In-Reply-To:	<5lbace$m48@news.dx.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970515190652.10056I-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Tue, 13 May 1997, Tommy wrote:

> I cant get emacs to run. Everytime I run it it prints
> 
> Warning: arch-dependent data dir (c:/dev/djgpp/gnu/emacs/bin/) does not
> exist.

Don't call any of your top-level directories by that DEV name.  DOS and 
DJGPP treat such names specially, because DOS makes applications believe 
that all character devices live in that directory, even if it doesn't 
actually exist.  What you see is an unfortunate result of that special 
treatment.

Rename C:\DEV to C:\DEVEL or some such, and everything will work like 
charm.

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