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From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Numbered backup stopped working
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:16:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <einn65$4s5$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1162764356.525637.200750@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Rjjd wrote:
> It seems odd that the default is to omit backing up "registered" files,
> which introduces some risk.

,----
|    For files managed by a version control system (*note Version
| Control::), the variable `vc-make-backup-files' determines whether to
| make backup files.  By default it is `nil', since backup files are
| redundant when you store all the previous versions in a version control
| system.  *Note General VC Options: (emacs-xtra)General VC Options.
`----

-- 
Kevin

  reply	other threads:[~2006-11-06 16:16 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
     [not found] ` <mailman.82.1162494747.2155.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-11-05 22:05   ` Rjjd
2006-11-06 16:16     ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
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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