emacs 21 & .#files

emacs 21 & .#files

[Zsolt SZALAI]

Hi!

On debian testing, emacs 21 makes files named like .#foo and standard
backupfiles too.
What is the purspose of these .# files and how can i switch off creating them?

thanks,
Zsolt SZALAI

Re: emacs 21 & .#files

[B. T. Raven]

Zsolt SZALAI wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On debian testing, emacs 21 makes files named like .#foo and standard
> backupfiles too.
> What is the purspose of these .# files and how can i switch off creating them?
> 
> thanks,
> Zsolt SZALAI
> 
> 

I think they're Emacs crash insurance in case you don't explicitly save 
your buffers to files on a regular basis. See customize auto save group.
Also this will keep them cleared out (from C-h v):

"
delete-auto-save-files is a variable defined in `files.el'.
Its value is t


Documentation:
Non-nil means delete auto-save file when a buffer is saved or killed.

Note that the auto-save file will not be deleted if the buffer is killed
when it has unsaved changes.

You can customize this variable.
"

Ed