From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: c library for handling backup files? Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:06:11 +0000 Message-ID: <87leqcnags.fsf@posteo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37552"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 21 15:53:15 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ob0A6-0009cu-AX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:53:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40810 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ob0A5-0004oS-DT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:53:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oazQj-0005xT-5n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:06:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:33611) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oazQf-0001H7-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:06:19 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F1D6240104 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:06:12 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1663765575; bh=prmlLQK2tNVgKqV6YRhXiGYcpDZn0+k+2NVWA6XqTa4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=foZsRJ/bgu/tjb+MIQnVk5nANjh9dHQJDTwMf1pJpQvoYiXMbq4rSsDa72Atsokyt nDkWOngKgqx5rpMQVZODLOKKZgEovpF1eV5x/4Ibz6+0Z1VlUPZED1Fxoeo8g7StiP ZNJMxiIEnYE9hctsJoRwzg0FpNmnV9V371PudY746ZfGhuUqE0d7U8H/HuYntJ4TOL u+BM0wwK2V37mTqDDJbXhwMiyed9VCLN/rKAQjAJV5QQ1akuuXZ8Ej56aeucDCAFFW 2KUGL+B2YM5h0bKbUl0hNfGsHZveQmAfI4DM2YsQ9zKDwR/KpOhJI+w69waYRiyQdV JX8Aysut5t3CQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4MXdvm1xYzz6tnY; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:06:12 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:34:35 -0400") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:295910 Archived-At: "Alfred M. Szmidt" writes: > Does anyone know of a C library for handling Emacs-like backup files? > E.g., if writing a file, the function would do the right thing. > > And all the other nice things that come with Emacs. I know that GNU Indent uses a similar backup system, and looking at their backup code[0] it seems fairly self-contained. Perhaps it could be extracted into a separate library? [0] https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/indent.git/tree/src/backup.c