Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?

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On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:
> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
>
> Hi!
>
>>> I know that emacs auto save a file named filename~ when I modified
>>> the file filename, but I do not like the autosaved copy, could i stop
>>> this function? thanks
>>
>> The variable that you are probably looking for is make-backup-files.
>> Read also the related section in the Emacs reference manual:
>>
>>     C-h r m Backup RET
>
> As an addition to the previous tips.  In general making backup files is
> a good thing, so you most probably don't want to turn it off.  But I
> understand that you don't want to clutter the filesystem.  But emacs
> allows to place the backup files in one single directory.  Here's the
> config:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (setq version-control t)
> (setq kept-old-versions 0)
> (setq kept-new-versions 20)
> (setq delete-old-versions t)
> (setq backup-directory-alist
>      '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/backup-files/")))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This saves the last 20 versions of all files I edit in
> ~/.emacs.d/backup-files/.  (Yes, I'm paranoid!  Additionally all my
> important files are under version control (git, svn), too.)

thanks all, this is a good way.

>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
>
>
>



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