From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When does emacs backup files? Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:55:45 +0100 Message-ID: <07BA912C-87FC-4482-85E2-ABCB32B8AE43@Web.DE> References: <01812190-7de6-4215-a71e-a2ef1f18637f@l11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <396847B0-01D1-4CD4-A1CC-7D485395BC22@Web.DE> <87zkpqcvhi.fsf@mithlond.arda> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298494643 9647 80.91.229.12 (23 Feb 2011 20:57:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Kevin Rodgers Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 23 21:57:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PsLlF-0005Dn-8v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:57:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35512 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PsLl0-000877-11 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:56:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58313 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PsLkh-00082O-2x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:56:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PsLkg-0003mz-33 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate02.web.de ([217.72.192.227]:54230) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PsLkf-0003mK-ST for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:56:02 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp07.web.de ( [172.20.5.215]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A873F199523B6; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:55:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [91.35.230.120] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp07.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #2) id 1PsLka-0005Zv-00; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:55:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19z/9xF4kiXTUMYX+YrN/rrilj87Q/bTU6w+zxe pSvKs8ymtAPZV11kguy0OrE8dTmdgY6dfMeJoBBeX39Fr0lzXv gk8DA38HSQdb+BcrPCKg== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-Received-From: 217.72.192.227 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:79408 Archived-At: Am 23.02.2011 um 05:44 schrieb Kevin Rodgers: > See the backup-by-copying-when-linked, -when-mismatch, and > -when-priveleged-mismatch variables for finer control over backups. These variables (the last one actually backup-by-copying-when-=20 privileged-mismatch) play only then a role when backup-by-copying is =20 nil. The latter is non-nil. But it should be sufficient to let it be =20 nil and set backup-by-copying-when-linked to non-nil. -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete To drink without thirst and to make love all the time, madam, it is =20 only these which distinguish us from the other beasts. =96 Beaumarchais