Re: [Erc-help] checking if log directory exists

[Damien E. <erc...@re...>]

Max Froumentin <mf...@w3...> writes:

> [erc.el 1.509]
>
> After being frustrated at erc not telling me that the directory I
> specified in erc-log-channels-directory was wrong, causing it to not
> log anything and me to lose precious information, I changed
> erc-directory-writable-p to check more things:
>
> (defun erc-directory-writable-p (dir)
>   "Determines whether the DIR is a writable directory. If it doesn't exist,
>    create it."
>
>   (unless (file-attributes dir) (make-directory dir))
>   (or (file-accessible-directory-p dir) (error "cannot access %s" dir)))
>
> Additionally I think logging code could be simplified by removing
> erc-log-channels and just use the value of erc-logs-channels-directory
> to find out whether we're logging or not.

Thanks Max - I've incorporated your suggestions.

Regards,
-- 
Damien Elmes