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From: talos!kjones@UUNET.UU.NET (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: return status
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Date: 16 Oct 89 13:12:53 GMT
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In article <372@enorm.ericsson.se> you write:
 > Does anyone know why emacs doesn't return an error status when a
 > write to file goes wrong? Emacs always says "wrote file .....".
 > Please use email when replying.

You should specify what version Emacs you're using, the underlyinh
operating system and so forth.

In my experience, every time a user has complained about Emacs not
noticing that a file was not written correctly, the fault has
been with NFS.