From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: When does emacs backup files?
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:44:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ik23ba$gla$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BE44C994-9F55-4653-871D-D489648F0987@web.de>
On 2/20/11 1:44 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 20.02.2011 um 21:16 schrieb Teemu Likonen:
>
>>> (setq auto-save-interval 125)
>>> (setq make-backup-files t ;backup my files
>>> backup-by-copying t ;don't clobber symlinks
>>
>> I think backup-by-copying variable has to do with _hard_ links, not
>> symlinks.
>
> Ah, yes! I first introduced 'backup-by-copying t' when I saw that my clever hard
> links changed a bit. Years later I found that block (a larger one, actually) and
> adopted it – with the original comments included. And that one comment is
> presumingly wrong...
>
> Thanks! I'll make an update to my init file.
See the backup-by-copying-when-linked, -when-mismatch, and
-when-priveleged-mismatch variables for finer control over backups.
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-23 4:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-18 23:57 When does emacs backup files? orium
2011-02-20 19:54 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-02-20 20:16 ` Teemu Likonen
2011-02-20 20:44 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-02-23 4:44 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2011-02-23 20:55 ` Peter Dyballa
2011-02-21 5:10 ` Le Wang
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