C-xC-b creates ~/.saves-[0-9]*-localhost.localdomain - how to turn it off?

C-xC-b creates ~/.saves-[0-9]*-localhost.localdomain - how to turn it off?

[s. keeling]

I've finally figured out what's creating these things, and now I'd
like to learn what I have to do to make emacs stop creating them.  I
already have all the anti-backup commands I can think of in my
~/.emacs (eg.):

   (setq make-backup-files nil)

but I must be missing something.  Any ideas anyone?  What else is
there?  Thanks.


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Re: C-xC-b creates ~/.saves-[0-9]*-localhost.localdomain - how to turn it off?

[Ian Zimmerman]

s> I've finally figured out what's creating these things, and now I'd
s> like to learn what I have to do to make emacs stop creating them.  I
s> already have all the anti-backup commands I can think of in my
s> ~/.emacs (eg.):

s>    (setq make-backup-files nil)

s> but I must be missing something.  Any ideas anyone?  What else is
s> there?  Thanks.

Those are not backup files, but auto-save files (actually lists of
auto-save files).  Does that help to solve the problem?

I think they should normally be deleted once you exit emacs.  Do you
exit in some unusual way, like breaking your telnet/ssh session
without shutting down Emacs?

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Re: C-xC-b creates ~/.saves-[0-9]*-localhost.localdomain - how to turn it off?

[s. keeling]

Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>:
> 
>  s> I've finally figured out what's creating these things, and now I'd
>  s> like to learn what I have to do to make emacs stop creating them.  I
> 
>  Those are not backup files, but auto-save files (actually lists of
>  auto-save files).  Does that help to solve the problem?
> 
>  I think they should normally be deleted once you exit emacs.  Do you
>  exit in some unusual way, like breaking your telnet/ssh session
>  without shutting down Emacs?

Uhh, yeah.  Drat.  Logging out of X, as long as my buffers are saved, I
don't bother shutting down emacs.  Thanks, I'll try that.


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