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Re: c library for handling backup files?
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tomas |
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Re: c library for handling backup files? |
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Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:43:32 +0200 |
On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 03:21:36PM -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> >> From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
> >> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:34:35 -0400
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of a C library for handling Emacs-like backup files?
> >> E.g., if writing a file, the function would do the right thing.
> >
> > Coreutils do that, no? E.g., "cp -b".
>
> dired-async.el provides a backup function similar to
> cp -f --backup=numbered from to.
>
> You might want to go to the optician, so you can Cee what you missed
> in my message ... ;-)
Isn't everything C, if you squint a bit? (Now i'll have all the SBCL,
Haskell and Rust folks all over me -- but definitely, Emacs lisp
is C at a lower layer ;-)
But seriously: you could have been nicer in response to a honest
mistake.
Cheers
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