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bug#47352: Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow o


From: Dan Jacobson
Subject: bug#47352: Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow out of control
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:40:34 +0800

(info "(coreutils) Backup options") has "numbered",
but without a corresponding limit factor, these can grow beyond belief.

So coreutils also needs a way to say like emacs does:

kept-new-versions is a variable defined in ‘files.el’.
Documentation:
Number of newest versions to keep when a new numbered backup is made.
Includes the new backup.  Must be greater than 0.





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