Re: Numbered backup stopped working

[Rjjd]

Thanks, Kevin,

It was vc-make-backup-files, which I didn't know about, and which
"apropos backup" would have told me about if I'd paid attention!.

It seems odd that the default is to omit backing up "registered" files,
which introduces some risk.

Regards,
Bob


Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> Rjjd wrote:
> > My emacs stopped making numbered backups.  Version 21.3.
> >
> > C-x C-s makes no backup, even on newly-visited file.
> >
> > I have these:
> > (setq kept-new-versions 10)  ;# newest versions to save
> > (setq version-control t)
> > (setq delete-old-versions t)    ;delete middle backups quietly
> >
> > Has anyone ever seen the backer-upper stop working?
>
> No, but:
>
> C-h v make-backup-files
> C-h v vc-make-backup-files
> C-h v backup-inhibited
> C-h v backup-enable-predicate
> C-h f normal-backup-enable-predicate
> C-h v temporary-file-directory
> C-h v small-temporary-file-directory
> 
> -- 
> Kevin