From: Trilobit <trilobot@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: disturbing link
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:30:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DA2CFCE.3060404@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3DA2C915.801@gmx.net
Trilobit wrote:
>> In article <3DA20CA2.2090608@gmx.net>, Trilobit <trilobot@gmx.net>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> if you cange the contents of an file(example: bla.txt) with Emacs
>>> (running under linux) and don't save it
>>> Emacs generates a link:
>>>
>>> $>ls -l
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 Trilobit Trilobit 36 8. Okt 00:16
>>> .#bla.txt -> Trilobit@***.tu-dresden.de.932
>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 Trilobit Trilobit 0 8. Okt 00:16 bla.txt
>>>
>>> this link is removed after the file is saved, but newly createt after
>>> a new change of the content, that's quite disturbing.
>>>
>>> Is there any option to tell Emacs never to create this link, or at
>>> least to create it in another directory?
>>> (the "autosave" option and the "make backup" option are already
>>> swtiched off, with no result ;-( )
>>
I found out that this link is a lockfile, it prevents editing of the
same file with another emacs.
Is it possible to tell emacs to generate all those files in an special
directory and not in the same directory where the original file is?
for example in /tmp/emacs_lock_files?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-08 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-07 22:37 disturbing link Trilobit
2002-10-08 0:12 ` Barry Margolin
2002-10-08 12:01 ` Trilobit
2002-10-08 12:30 ` Trilobit [this message]
2002-10-08 13:42 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-10-09 6:42 ` Tim Cross
2002-10-09 10:03 ` Trilobit
2002-10-09 17:30 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-10-09 13:44 ` Alan Shutko
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