From: Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backup file save not saving to backups directory.
Date: 24 Sep 2014 17:12:16 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnm25urg.1oc.varro@anukis.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.9465.1411555938.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Sharon Kimble wrote:
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> I am using this code in my 'init.el' -
>=2D-8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ;;; from Tassilo Horn 11/08/14
> (setq version-control t
> delete-old-versions t
> kept-new-versions 7
> kept-old-versions 0
> backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/backup/")))
>=2D-8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> When a file is saved, it is saved to its destination, but there is no
> backup copy in "~/.emacs.d/backup/". How can I get a backup copy please?
Are the files under revision control? I think if they are, they don't
get saved backups by default.
--
Will
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2014-09-24 11:18 ` backup file save not saving to backups directory Anssi Saari
2014-09-25 15:26 ` Sharon Kimble
2014-09-24 17:12 ` Will Parsons [this message]
2014-09-24 10:51 Sharon Kimble
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