From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
To: Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backup file save not saving to backups directory.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:26:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vbob67se.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vg3mw9pi7wc.fsf@coffee.modeemi.fi> (Anssi Saari's message of "Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:18:27 +0300")
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Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> writes:
> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> I am using this code in my 'init.el' -
>> ;;; from Tassilo Horn 11/08/14
>> (setq version-control t
>> delete-old-versions t
>> kept-new-versions 7
>> kept-old-versions 0
>> backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backup/")))
>>
>> When a file is saved, it is saved to its destination, but there is no
>> backup copy in "~/.emacs.d/backup/". How can I get a backup copy please?
>
> Those settings seem to work fine for me, the directory was created and
> backups appeared in it. Are you sure the settings are actually in
> effect?
I've found that I need to have "auto-save-buffers-enhanced" in my setup
and then it all works well.
Thanks
Sharon.
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2014-09-24 11:18 ` backup file save not saving to backups directory Anssi Saari
2014-09-25 15:26 ` Sharon Kimble [this message]
2014-09-24 17:12 ` Will Parsons
2014-09-24 10:51 Sharon Kimble
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