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> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:02 -0500
> From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu>
> 
> If you designed it right, this wouldn't be a problem.  In normal
> circumstances, simply remove all backups on close.  If emacs does crash,
> on open it can ask whether each buffer should be restored or deleted,
> ala OpenOffice.

Isn't that what auto-save already does?