From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nancy McDermott Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: System-wide problem with backup files Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 13:07:54 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20031204130056.027e3de0@ssc.wisc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070565022 30514 80.91.224.253 (4 Dec 2003 19:10:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 20:10:20 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARyrk-00084S-00 for ; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARzoK-00070V-2I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:10:52 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARznR-0006tI-H0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:09:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARzmq-0006S1-PO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:09:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [144.92.190.84] (helo=ssc.wisc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ARzmq-0006Rx-EE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:09:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Acura.ssc.wisc.edu (acura.ads.ssc.wisc.edu [144.92.189.179]) by ssc.wisc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB4J7sQt089455 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:07:54 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: mcdermot@ssc.wisc.edu (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14942 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14942 We use emacs 21.2.1 on Tru64 and Linux servers. Recently (and we don't know exactly when), the backup files have not been updating properly. It only saves the original backup file, but no other changes when the file is edited subsequently. We haven't upgraded emacs for over a year so we haven't changed emacs itself recently. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Your help would be very much appreciated as the problem is affecting a lot of our users. Thanks. Nancy McDermott, Director Social Science Computing Cooperative University of Wisconsin - Madison 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-3206 mcdermot@ssc.wisc.edu