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From: | Peter Dyballa |
Subject: | Re: When does emacs backup files? |
Date: | Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:44:42 +0100 |
Am 20.02.2011 um 21:16 schrieb Teemu Likonen:
(setq auto-save-interval 125) (setq make-backup-files t ;backup my files backup-by-copying t ;don't clobber symlinksI think backup-by-copying variable has to do with _hard_ links, not symlinks.
Ah, yes! I first introduced 'backup-by-copying t' when I saw that my clever hard links changed a bit. Years later I found that block (a larger one, actually) and adopted it – with the original comments included. And that one comment is presumingly wrong...
Thanks! I'll make an update to my init file. -- Greetings PeteThese are my principles and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
- Groucho Marx
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