how to change backup file names?

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From: Randy Pausch
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 05:08

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Is there any way to change the way GNUemacs names backup files?  File
name completion in the ksh makes it a real pain to have the backup of
'foo' be in 'foo~'; optimally, I'd like GNUemacs to make a directory
that contains backup files, but I'd settle for backing up 'foo' in
'BAK.foo' or the like.  Any ideas?

thanks,

    pausch@virginia.edu

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From: pausch@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Randy Pausch)
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Subject: how to change backup file names?
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Date: 19 Jan 89 05:08:14 GMT
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