From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: backup method Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:06:34 -0500 Message-ID: <87d5vo7xsw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <20050127000210.GA6167@boetes.org> <200501270045.j0R0jIq06197@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <20050127015432.GB6167@boetes.org> <20050128035618.GI6167@boetes.org> <20050129060851.GQ6167@boetes.org> <200501291842.j0TIgVw09020@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107033482 24890 80.91.229.6 (29 Jan 2005 21:18:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:18:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: han@mijncomputer.nl, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 29 22:17:52 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 1CuzyZ-00021O-00 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:17:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv0B4-00030V-5o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:30:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv09N-0002rN-D6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:29:01 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv09B-0002j5-M1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:28:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Cv097-0002fP-R1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:28:45 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cuznf-00006g-V1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:06:36 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.71.119.166]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050129210635.XNYK1836.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:06:35 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CCE25D7344; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:06:34 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200501291842.j0TIgVw09020@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:42:31 -0600 (CST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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:32626 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32626 > I am not _sure_, but I have the impression that `temporary-file-directory' > was exactly intended for portability reasons. I believe that it was > intended to be the "normal" place for the OS to put temporary files. > You normally do not have to customize it because the code you quoted > normally gets it right. If it gets it wrong, you have to customize it. No, temporary-file-directory points to the directory where *Emacs* should put its temporary files. What Han's problem suggests is that we may want to add some variable that points to the director*ies* whose files should be considered "temporary". Stefan