From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29440: Tramp put drive_c in the backup file name when backuping in local PC/windows Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:18:37 +0200 Message-ID: <831skm88vm.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511637611 21635 195.159.176.226 (25 Nov 2017 19:20:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 29440@debbugs.gnu.org To: Shuguang Sun Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 25 20:20:04 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfzf-000543-WD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:20:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54139 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfzn-0000Iv-CV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:20:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfzh-0000HJ-6s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:20:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfze-0007oY-07 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:20:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49524) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfzd-0007oR-Sn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:20:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfzd-0000qx-MK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:20:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29440 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29440-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29440.15116375523213 (code B ref 29440); Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29440) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Nov 2017 19:19:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58205 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfyq-0000pl-Jp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:19:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37972) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfyp-0000pY-Fh for 29440@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:19:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfyg-0007VZ-M1 for 29440@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60644) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfyg-0007VV-IN; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:19:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4493 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eIfye-0000bU-Kq; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 14:19:02 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Shuguang Sun on Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:08:42 +0800) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:140374 Archived-At: > From: Shuguang Sun > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:08:42 +0800 > > Windows 7 > GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2017-11-24 > > I didn't set tramp-backup-directory-alist which means the fiile will be backuped locally instead of being backup > in server side. > > backup-directory-alist: > ("\\.[rR]\\(md\\)?$" . "~/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles") > > When I open a file in tramp and edit it, the backup file will be and was backuped in the local direcory: > ~/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles (c:/Users/username/HOME/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles). However the backfile is > named > "c:/Users/username/HOME/.emacs.d/autosave/Rfiles/!drive_c!plink!!username@host!!!opt!bee!home!username!test!coxph_bench.r.~2~", > where "dirve_c" was put in. Maybe I'm confused, but what did you expect to happen instead? When files are backed-up in a single directory, the drive letters cannot be kept because Windows doesn't allow colons in file names.