From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: David Euresti <evelio@gmail.com>
Cc: 4527@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#4527: Emacs removes Extended Attributes when saving
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:39:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvskedthg5.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <95b3d0af0909221344h2746fc82w6e143d364577aa98@mail.gmail.com> (David Euresti's message of "Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:44:21 -0700")
> When I edit a file that contains xattrs the xattrs are removed when I
> save the file inside of emacs.
You have to set backup-by-copying, otherwise the saved file is a new
file (with a new inode). Of course, this also affects whether or not
hardlinks get broken when saving a file, which may be what you want or
may be what you don't want.
Stefan
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2009-09-22 20:44 bug#4527: Emacs removes Extended Attributes when saving David Euresti
2009-09-23 22:39 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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