# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 991303113 0
# Node ID d95290112d89e65d818aea0872bdcb7138333a1a
# Parent  7103eb9ef882cf4f4d3199925dde634268e94401
(Fdo_auto_save): Don't try to create the directory of
auto-save-list-file-name when shutting down Emacs, because
creating the directory might signal an error, and leaves
Emacs in a strange state.

diff -r 7103eb9ef882 -r d95290112d89 src/fileio.c
--- a/src/fileio.c	Thu May 31 08:56:58 2001 +0000
+++ b/src/fileio.c	Thu May 31 09:58:33 2001 +0000
@@ -5370,13 +5370,20 @@
 
   if (STRINGP (Vauto_save_list_file_name))
     {
-      Lisp_Object listfile, dir;
+      Lisp_Object listfile;
       
       listfile = Fexpand_file_name (Vauto_save_list_file_name, Qnil);
-      
-      dir = Ffile_name_directory (listfile);
-      if (NILP (Ffile_directory_p (dir)))
-	call2 (Qmake_directory, dir, Qt);
+
+      /* Don't try to create the directory when shutting down Emacs,
+         because creating the directory might signal an error, and
+         that would leave Emacs in a strange state.  */
+      if (!NILP (Vrun_hooks))
+	{
+	  Lisp_Object dir;
+	  dir = Ffile_name_directory (listfile);
+	  if (NILP (Ffile_directory_p (dir)))
+	    call2 (Qmake_directory, dir, Qt);
+	}
       
       stream = fopen (XSTRING (listfile)->data, "w");
       if (stream != NULL)