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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backup files on mounted filesystems
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:58:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv8v4nk7rg.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 406986C2-7976-4888-BF14-EED156EBBDE3@manchester.ac.uk

> I've noticed that I do not seem to get automatic backup files if I am
> on a mounted filesystem (eg /tmp).

On Unix, you can't basically access a file unless it's on
a mounted filesystem.  Even "/" is a "mounted filesystem".

But yes, /tmp is treated specially in Emacs.  You can set
backup-enable-predicate to another function if you want to change
this behavior.


        Stefan




      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-12 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-12 12:29 backup files on mounted filesystems Michael Bane
2013-04-12 14:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-12 16:12   ` Michael Bane
2013-04-12 17:41     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]       ` <6DED36A28A9D17448D476BCDD077928E012F6D5EA2@MBXP07.ds.man.ac.uk>
     [not found]         ` <83mwt38wm0.fsf@gnu.org>
2013-04-16 14:34           ` Michael Bane
2013-04-16 16:15             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-12 16:58 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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