From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Earl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Stopping Emacs from leaving ~ files Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:53:23 -0600 Organization: OWDS Inc. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87el3vckf0.fsf@smtp.wegointer.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050980399 3174 80.91.224.249 (22 Apr 2003 02:59:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:59:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 22 04:59:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 197o0j-0000p1-00 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 04:59:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 197o1H-000320-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 23:00:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newshub1.wanet.net!uunet!sac.uu.net!news.chatlink.com!192.168.1.1!nobody Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: boise-209-210-1-246.safepages.com Original-X-Trace: news.chatlink.com 1050980118 5219 209.210.1.246 (22 Apr 2003 02:55:18 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@chatlink.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 02:55:18 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SfD0YCdl3J4RL4qOujOm00GMCJI= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112165 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8664 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8664 "Alfred M. Szmidt" writes: > This is hopefully a simple question, but I've been unable to > discover how to do it. > > Did you read the Emacs manual? > > How does one configure emacs so it will stop leaving ~ files > around? > >>>From (emacs)Backup: > > For most files, the variable `make-backup-files' determines > whether to make backup files. On most operating systems, its > default value is `t', so that Emacs does write backup files. Another possible solution is to check out the variable backup-directory-alist (C-h v backup-directory-alist). This allows you to save your "backup" files in a central place. Jason