From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: c library for handling backup files?
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:11:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r104y230.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <837d1wvpff.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2022 16:15:48 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@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.
--
Thierry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-21 19:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-21 12:34 c library for handling backup files? Alfred M. Szmidt
2022-09-21 13:06 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-21 13:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-09-21 13:29 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2022-09-21 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-21 19:11 ` Thierry Volpiatto [this message]
2022-09-21 19:21 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2022-09-21 20:50 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2022-09-22 4:43 ` tomas
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