From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup method Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:47:02 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <200501270147.j0R1l2b06722@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <20050127000210.GA6167@boetes.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106790748 21017 80.91.229.6 (27 Jan 2005 01:52:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:52:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 27 02:52:23 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ctypa-0004Al-00 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:52:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctz1v-0003z3-Op for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:05:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctz1U-0003nS-0b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:04:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctz1R-0003lk-35 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:04:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ctz1Q-0003kw-RW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:04:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CtylL-0008Lg-E1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:47:59 -0500 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0R1lw9N029727; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:47:58 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j0R1l2b06722; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:47:02 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: han@mijncomputer.nl In-reply-to: <20050127000210.GA6167@boetes.org> (message from Han Boetes on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:01:48 +0059) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32571 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32571 Han Boetes wrote: Perhaps it's also an idea to disable backups altogether if the file is in /tmp Is this not already the case? From `(elisp)Making Backups': -- Variable: backup-enable-predicate This variable's value is a function to be called on certain occasions to decide whether a file should have backup files. The function receives one argument, an absolute file name to consider. If the function returns `nil', backups are disabled for that file. Otherwise, the other variables in this section say whether and how to make backups. The default value is `normal-backup-enable-predicate', which checks for files in `temporary-file-directory' and `small-temporary-file-directory'. `temporary-file-directory' is "/tmp/" by default. Sincerely, Luc.