From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: backup files on mounted filesystems Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:41:34 +0300 Message-ID: <83ppxz8x4h.fsf@gnu.org> References: <406986C2-7976-4888-BF14-EED156EBBDE3@manchester.ac.uk> <83wqs794qi.fsf@gnu.org> <84B0B561-B086-4175-94D0-DBB899057B8E@manchester.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365788522 11776 80.91.229.3 (12 Apr 2013 17:42:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:42:02 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 12 19:42:04 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UQhzA-0001mc-Fb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:42:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48629 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UQhzA-0005q7-4A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:42:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37263) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UQhyw-0005pt-HP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:41:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UQhyv-0000VW-BW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:41:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:37264) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UQhyv-0000VF-2s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:41:49 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0ML500500L2ZFD00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:41:32 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0ML5004QEL58F8J0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:41:32 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <84B0B561-B086-4175-94D0-DBB899057B8E@manchester.ac.uk> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:90128 Archived-At: > From: Michael Bane > CC: "" > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:12:11 +0000 > > >> I've noticed that I do not seem to get automatic backup files if I am on a mounted filesystem (eg /tmp). Is there a setting for enabling this functionality? > > > > Not mounted filesystems, but specifically /tmp, because it's a place > > where you place temporary files. > > As well as /tmp (on whichever OS I have tried) I also see this issue on MacOS where work/ is a mounted (encrypted) filesystem If work/ is temporary-file-directory, then that's again Emacs in action. Otherwise, it's not Emacs's fault.