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Re: backup files on mounted filesystems
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Michael Bane |
Subject: |
Re: backup files on mounted filesystems |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:12:11 +0000 |
On 12 Apr 2013, at 15:57, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Michael Bane <michael.bane@manchester.ac.uk>
>> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:29:49 +0100
>>
>> I've noticed that I do not seem to get automatic backup files if I am on a
>> mounted filesystem (eg /tmp). Is there a setting for enabling this
>> functionality?
>
> Not mounted filesystems, but specifically /tmp, because it's a place
> where you place temporary files.
As well as /tmp (on whichever OS I have tried) I also see this issue on MacOS
where work/ is a mounted (encrypted) filesystem
Thanks, Michael
>
> To customize this, define your own function instead of
> normal-backup-enable-predicate, and set backup-enable-predicate to
> that function.
>
Re: backup files on mounted filesystems, Stefan Monnier, 2013/04/12