From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Numbered backup stopped working
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:59:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eidf7b$196$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1162416662.142740.20650@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
Rjjd wrote:
> My emacs stopped making numbered backups. Version 21.3.
>
> C-x C-s makes no backup, even on newly-visited file.
>
> I have these:
> (setq kept-new-versions 10) ;# newest versions to save
> (setq version-control t)
> (setq delete-old-versions t) ;delete middle backups quietly
>
> Has anyone ever seen the backer-upper stop working?
No, but:
C-h v make-backup-files
C-h v vc-make-backup-files
C-h v backup-inhibited
C-h v backup-enable-predicate
C-h f normal-backup-enable-predicate
C-h v temporary-file-directory
C-h v small-temporary-file-directory
--
Kevin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-02 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-01 21:31 Numbered backup stopped working Rjjd
2006-11-02 18:59 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.82.1162494747.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-11-05 22:05 ` Rjjd
2006-11-06 16:16 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-11-19 23:17 ` David Combs
2006-11-20 17:11 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-11-20 18:02 ` apropos to show variable values [was: Numbered backup stopped working] Drew Adams
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