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Re: backup method
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
Re: backup method |
Date: |
Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:06:34 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I am not _sure_, but I have the impression that `temporary-file-directory'
> was exactly intended for portability reasons. I believe that it was
> intended to be the "normal" place for the OS to put temporary files.
> You normally do not have to customize it because the code you quoted
> normally gets it right. If it gets it wrong, you have to customize it.
No, temporary-file-directory points to the directory where *Emacs* should
put its temporary files. What Han's problem suggests is that we may want to
add some variable that points to the director*ies* whose files should be
considered "temporary".
Stefan
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Stefan Monnier <=
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- Re: backup method, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/01/29
- Re: backup method, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/01/29
- Re: backup method, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/01/29
- Re: backup method, Luc Teirlinck, 2005/01/29
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- Re: backup method, Han Boetes, 2005/01/30
- Re: backup method, Richard Stallman, 2005/01/30
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