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Re: backup method
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: backup method |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:30:37 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:
>> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:01:48 +0059
>> From: Han Boetes <address@hidden>
>>
>> The default backup method is mv and then create a new file. That's
>> nice if you really want to keep the timestamp intact. But if you
>> use emacs with crontab -e you remove the tmpfile and since the
>> filedescriptor is still open your update to your cron is lost --
>> without warning. It was pretty hard to discover why this happened.
>>
>> So I would like to suggest to make backup by copying the default.
>
> So you had a very specific problem, and you are suggesting to change
> the defaults of _all_ users just because of that one problem?
>
> I agree with Miles: the default backup method is a very natural thing
> to do. I don't think your special case is a reason good enough to
> change the default. At best, it's a reason for you to customize your
> Emacs.
I agree!
I don't normally use auto-revert mode, but perhaps the default could
change if you enable auto-revert mode?
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Re: backup method, (continued)
Re: backup method, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/01/27
Re: backup method,
Kim F. Storm <=
Re: backup method, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/01/27
Re: backup method, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/27