From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Will Parsons Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: backup file save not saving to backups directory. Date: 24 Sep 2014 17:12:16 GMT Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gyliamos@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1411578926 17625 80.91.229.3 (24 Sep 2014 17:15:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:15:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 24 19:15:19 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XWq9v-0007yF-Au for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:15:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33160 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XWq9u-0002dF-Tz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:15:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Trace: individual.net cd+GHVKMGZxWDQzi2Q9R0wB9FvNzJxkySSK0wVgxRD4Qu+33AQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:EKD/+5v+HS1HxD0NJE9uEFzAqhI= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (FreeBSD) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207852 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100127 Archived-At: Sharon Kimble wrote: > --=-=-= > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > 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--- > > 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