# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 958563409 0
# Node ID c731b3aa52d09881a3733ba25e001b3d9c9cd4e8
# Parent  dbf3b04f858a4a36eac2c2b522468481465a85a9
(command-line-1): Don't signal an error if the
directory for auto-save-list files does not yet exist.

diff -r dbf3b04f858a -r c731b3aa52d0 lisp/startup.el
--- a/lisp/startup.el	Wed May 17 09:16:11 2000 +0000
+++ b/lisp/startup.el	Wed May 17 11:36:49 2000 +0000
@@ -939,6 +939,11 @@
 \(`C-' means use the CTRL key.  `M-' means use the Meta (or Alt) key.
 If you have no Meta key, you may instead type ESC followed by the character.)")
 			 (and auto-save-list-file-prefix
+			      ;; Don't signal an error if the
+			      ;; directory for auto-save-list files
+			      ;; does not yet exist.
+			      (file-directory-p (file-name-directory
+						 auto-save-list-file-prefix))
 			      (directory-files
 			       (file-name-directory auto-save-list-file-prefix)
 			       nil