From: Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backup file save not saving to backups directory.
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:18:27 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vg3mw9pi7wc.fsf@coffee.modeemi.fi> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.9465.1411555938.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
> I am using this code in my 'init.el' -
> ;;; 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/")))
>
> 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?
Those settings seem to work fine for me, the directory was created and
backups appeared in it. Are you sure the settings are actually in
effect?
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2014-09-24 11:18 ` Anssi Saari [this message]
2014-09-25 15:26 ` backup file save not saving to backups directory Sharon Kimble
2014-09-24 17:12 ` Will Parsons
2014-09-24 10:51 Sharon Kimble
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