Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Sharon Kimble >> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org >> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:12:17 +0100 >> >> > I don't understand the question. Are you saying that when you save >> > your abbrevs, Emacs doesn't create a backup file for abbrev_defs, as >> > it does for any other file you save? >> >> No! No backup created from it at all! Which I found was rather strange, hence my request. > > What command(s) did you invoke to save your abbrevs? C-c C-c Thanks Sharon -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk DrugFacts = https://www.drugfacts.org.uk Debian 10.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 26.2, org 9.2.4