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* Annoying "Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?" message
@ 2009-09-14 12:44 Stefan Bienert
  2009-09-14 15:17 ` PT
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From: Stefan Bienert @ 2009-09-14 12:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Hi there,

I just starte using the recentf function of Emacs and now I have a
little inconvenience with the backup system. Everytime I shutdown Emacs
(I know, one should never do it, but sometimes I have to turn of my
machine) I get this

Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?

message. Is there a simple way to turn it of without turning this
question of in general?

greetings,

Stefan


-- 
Stefan Bienert
Zentrum fuer Bioinformatik
Universitaet Hamburg
Bundesstrasse 43
20146 Hamburg
Germany

Email: bienert@zbh.uni-hamburg.de
Phone:  +49 (40) 42838 7345
Fax:    +49 (40) 42838 7332




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* Re: Annoying "Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?" message
  2009-09-14 12:44 Annoying "Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?" message Stefan Bienert
@ 2009-09-14 15:17 ` PT
  2009-09-14 15:29   ` Stefan Bienert
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: PT @ 2009-09-14 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Stefan Bienert <bienert <at> zbh.uni-hamburg.de> writes:

> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I just starte using the recentf function of Emacs and now I have a
> little inconvenience with the backup system. Everytime I shutdown Emacs
> (I know, one should never do it, but sometimes I have to turn of my
> machine) I get this
> 
> Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?
> 
> 

I use recentf, but I've never seen this message.

Sounds like a backup setting problem to me. Don't you have a too
high number set for kept versions?

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ForceBackups










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* Re: Annoying "Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?" message
  2009-09-14 15:17 ` PT
@ 2009-09-14 15:29   ` Stefan Bienert
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Bienert @ 2009-09-14 15:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

>> I just starte using the recentf function of Emacs and now I have a
>> little inconvenience with the backup system. Everytime I shutdown Emacs
>> (I know, one should never do it, but sometimes I have to turn of my
>> machine) I get this
>>
>> Delete excess backup versions of .recentf?

> I use recentf, but I've never seen this message.
> 
> Sounds like a backup setting problem to me. Don't you have a too
> high number set for kept versions?

well, I just have
(setq make-backup-files t)
(setq backup-directory-alist (quote ((".*" . "~/.emacs_backups/"))))

in my .emacs. Does this hurt?

greetings,

Stefan

-- 
Stefan Bienert
Zentrum fuer Bioinformatik
Universitaet Hamburg
Bundesstrasse 43
20146 Hamburg
Germany

Email: bienert@zbh.uni-hamburg.de
Phone:  +49 (40) 42838 7345
Fax:    +49 (40) 42838 7332




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