Re: When does emacs backup files?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 23.02.2011 um 05:44 schrieb Kevin Rodgers:

> See the backup-by-copying-when-linked, -when-mismatch, and
> -when-priveleged-mismatch variables for finer control over backups.


These variables (the last one actually backup-by-copying-when- 
privileged-mismatch) play only then a role when backup-by-copying is  
nil. The latter is non-nil. But it should be sufficient to let it be  
nil and set backup-by-copying-when-linked to non-nil.

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