From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Zimmerman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Inhibit backup on special directories Date: 23 Apr 2005 10:46:28 -0700 Message-ID: <87u0lxz8qz.fsf@buug.org> References: <1114273209.7061.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1114279044 1428 80.91.229.2 (23 Apr 2005 17:57:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:57:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 23 19:57:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DPOsI-0000EO-0m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 19:57:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DPOxR-0004Ax-UC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:02:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DPOww-0003yc-U2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:01:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DPOwu-0003xp-V2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:01:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DPOwu-0002lh-Ol for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 14:01:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.67] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1DPOqe-0005rT-4X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [198.144.194.12] (helo=disorder.primate.net) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DPOnU-0001W7-5b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:52:04 -0400 Original-Received: from disorder.primate.net (itz@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disorder.primate.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with ESMTP id j3NHkSoH019100 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:46:28 -0700 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by disorder.primate.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j3NHkSv1019099 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:46:28 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: disorder.primate.net: itz set sender to itz@buug.org using -f Original-Received: from itz by unicorn with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DPOi4-0000iT-00; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:46:28 -0700 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Unicorn-Archive: yes In-Reply-To: <1114273209.7061.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> Original-Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (disorder.primate.net [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:46:28 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25996 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25996 Ismael> I see there's a variable called backup-inhibited, but I don't Ismael> see how to make it work for files in a given directory. Well, Ismael> sorry I am not an elisp expert by now! C-h v backup-enable-predicate -- Optimist: We're only two weeks behind schedule. Pessimist: The schedule is a whole two weeks ahead of us.