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Re: Delete Auto Save Files doesn't always work
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Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
Re: Delete Auto Save Files doesn't always work |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:27:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Bielawski, Richard G." <address@hidden> writes:
Hi,
> Delete Auto Save Files doesn't work right for ange-ftp files.
>
> Both problems are fairly simple to recreate. #2 causes me hardship.
>
> (1)
> After opening a remote file using ange-ftp make a change and wait for
> an auto-save to take place. Then kill the buffer without saving. The
> documentation says the auto-save file will NOT be deleted but it IS.
> I'm not bothered by this but I noticed it and so I'm reporting it.
>
> (2)
> After opening a remote file using ange-ftp make a change and wait for
> an auto-save to take place. Then kill Emacs. When it asks to save
> the buffer first, answer No. As documented, the auto-save file is NOT
> deleted. So far so good.
>
> Now restart Emacs and open the same file. Note the warning about
> auto-save data. Again, good. Ignore it, make a change and wait for
> the file to auto-save. Now save your change and close the file.
> The auto-save file is NOT deleted and never will be hereafter.
> The problem this causes is, because our host is dumb and can't respond
> to MDTM, every time the file is open a warning occurs
> your_file.src has auto save data; consider M-x recover-this-file
I don't believe that it is because of mdtm. In my case, the FTP server
understands it, but I have the same behaviour.
What is your value of `ange-ftp-auto-save' (I guess 0)? Does it help
to change it to 1?
But if my guess is right, you shouldn't have an autosave file at all...
Best regards, Michael.