Re: The emacsclient socket vs. etc/emacs.bash

[Juanma Barranquero]

On 12/9/06, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:

>     - time 0: Emacs 1 starts its server.
>     - time 1: Emacs 2 starts its server, overriding Emacs 1's server.
>
> Isn't that already a problem?
> Shouldn't we prevent this from happening, somehow?

I agree. I don't like Emacs 2 blindly overwritting Emacs 1's server
(or socket) file.

>     - time 2: Emacs 1 exits: if it deletes the socket, it actually deletes
>       Emacs 2's, not its own, so it'd be a bug
>
> Can Emacs 1 determine that its socket has been replaced?

For local sockets I don't know, but with TCP sockets the server
authentication file contains the pid of the Emacs instance that
created it.

                   /L/e/k/t/u