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Re: C-xC-b creates ~/.saves-[0-9]*-localhost.localdomain - how to turn i
From: |
Ian Zimmerman |
Subject: |
Re: C-xC-b creates ~/.saves-[0-9]*-localhost.localdomain - how to turn it off? |
Date: |
06 May 2005 21:30:45 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 |
s> I've finally figured out what's creating these things, and now I'd
s> like to learn what I have to do to make emacs stop creating them. I
s> already have all the anti-backup commands I can think of in my
s> ~/.emacs (eg.):
s> (setq make-backup-files nil)
s> but I must be missing something. Any ideas anyone? What else is
s> there? Thanks.
Those are not backup files, but auto-save files (actually lists of
auto-save files). Does that help to solve the problem?
I think they should normally be deleted once you exit emacs. Do you
exit in some unusual way, like breaking your telnet/ssh session
without shutting down Emacs?
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