Re: Is it possible to prevent emacs auto saving the filename~?

[Teemu Likonen]

明覺 wrote:

> I know that emacs auto save a file named filename~ when I modified the
> file filename, but I do not like the autosaved copy, could i stop this
> function? thanks

The variable that you are probably looking for is make-backup-files.
Read also the related section in the Emacs reference manual:

    C-h r m Backup RET