emacs - /home/jim prepended to --script=

CollieJim · 03-04-2019, 06:50 AM

Hi,

I want to run a script which creates a file and then run an emacs function on it.

emacs is not cooperating.

Code:

#! /bin/bash
#  Script to produce list of all sketchbook/*/*.ino sorted by sketch name

cd ~/Arduino
find . -name *.ino > ~/ino-summary
cd

emacs \
    --batch \
    --no-site-file \
    --script=/home/jim/ino-summary.el \
    --file=/home/jim/ino-summary

Code:

; ino-summary.el
;   currently just a place-holder

(goto-char (point-min))
(insert-char ?#)
(save-buffer)

Running it gives me:

Code:

~ $ ./InoSummary
Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, /home/jim/--script=/home/jim/ino-summary.el
~ $ ls -al *.el
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jim jim 341 Mar  4 20:33 ino-summary.el

Why is /home/jim prepended to --script?

Keruskerfuerst · 03-04-2019, 08:12 AM

Then show us your home dir, where the script should be.

CollieJim · 03-04-2019, 08:27 PM

Code:

~ $ pwd
/home/jim
~ $ ls ino-summary.el 
ino-summary.el

scasey · 03-04-2019, 08:49 PM

Code:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 jim jim 341 Mar  4 20:33 ino-summary.el

Does that file need to be executable?

CollieJim · 03-04-2019, 10:21 PM

emacs functions do not need to be marked executable.

I suspect a bug in emacs. Otherwise it is rather odd that a switch with its value would need to be found somewhere in the file system.

Perhaps I should move to an emacs forum.