Re: When does emacs backup files?

[Peter Dyballa]

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 symlinks
>
> I 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.

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