Re: Backup directory

[Jesper Holmberg]

Hmmm, I can't seem to get this to work. I've added the suggested lines,
but it doesn't change anything; backup files are still saved together
with their originals, and nothing is saved in my backup directory.

Is there anything I might have missed?

Jesper

* On Saturday, April 28, Nilesh Dalvi wrote:
> Add the following lines in your .emacs,
> where `backup' is the name of directory you want:
> 
> ;; CREATE BACKUP FILES IN SEPARATE DIRECTORY 
> (defun make-backup-file-name (file)
>   (concat "~/backup/" file))
> 
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 10:39:06PM +0200, Jesper Holmberg wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > is it possible to define a certain directory where all backup files
> > (i.e. *~) are saved, instead of them being saved in the same directory
> > as the original?
> > 
> > Jesper
> > 
> 


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