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Article #8341Re: how to change backup file names?
From: Ashwin Ram
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 18:41
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1989 18:41
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In article <8776@megaron.arizona.edu>, mike@arizona.edu (Mike Coffin) writes:
> From article <2926@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU>, by pausch@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Randy Pausch):
> > Is there any way to change the way GNUemacs names backup files?
>
> Yes. Change the function find-backup-file-name to do whatever you
> want.
Hmmm... an 'apropos' on 'backup' reveals:
find-backup-file-name:
Find a file name for a backup file, and suggestions for deletions.
Value is a list whose car is the name for the backup file
and whose cdr is a list of old versions to consider deleting now.
and:
make-backup-file-name:
Create the non-numeric backup file name for FILE.
This is a separate function so you can redefine it for customization.
Why are there two functions? Does one call the other? Which is the right
one to redefine for customization?
-- Ashwin.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!Ram-Ashwin From: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: how to change backup file names? Message-ID: <47991@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 19 Jan 89 18:41:11 GMT References: <2926@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU> <8776@megaron.arizona.edu> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) Organization: Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 24 In-reply-to: mike@arizona.edu (Mike Coffin)