"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:

>    >> From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
>    >> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:34:35 -0400
>    >> 
>    >> 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.
>    >
>    > Coreutils do that, no?  E.g., "cp -b".
>
>    dired-async.el provides a backup function similar to
>    cp -f --backup=numbered from to.
>
> You might want to go to the optician, so you can Cee what you missed
> in my message ... ;-)

Probably you can say instead: Thank you for your answer but it is not
what I am looking for.

Have a good evening.

-- 
Thierry