Re: tramp (2.0.39); backup file naming error (%backup% resulted)

[Peter Woo]

I guess ":" is a problem on NT or Cygwin Emacs.  A Cygwin "touch" test 
on a filename such as "test:abc" would result in a file "test" with 
everything after ":" lost.  And if under Cygwin Emacs, it can't even be 
created but resulted in the generic filename "%backup%".

So, I would say translating the ":" to something else such as "!" would 
solve my problem.  However, not sure whether this is a preference for 
all platforms.  Perhaps a tramp variable for tweaking?

Thks,
P.

Michael Albinus wrote:

> Peter Woo <address@hidden> writes:
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> > So, rather than using the workaround, which ends up having "~"
> > suffixed backups all over the places, is it possible to enable tramp
> > to use absolute path backup dir?
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> I did the following test:
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> (add-to-list 'backup-directory-alist
>             (cons tramp-file-name-regexp "/tmp"))
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> Playing with "/sudo:address@hidden:/home/albinus/123" on my host gave
> me a backup file "/tmp/!sudo:address@hidden:!home!albinus!123.~1~".
> Would this be sufficient for you?
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> > Many thanks,
> > P.
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> Best regards, Michael.
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