Re: backup method

[Stefan Monnier]

> So I suggest not making backupfiles in world-writable directories.

Agreed.  It's a security hole since the backup file name is predictable.

> At least not in the world-writable directory itself. I setup
> ~/.tmp/backups as my backups dir here.

Of course the deciding factor is whether the directory where the backup file
will be put is world-writable.


        Stefan