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Re: Change backup system


From: Thierry Volpiatto
Subject: Re: Change backup system
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:15 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 28.07.2008 um 21:00 schrieb Florian Lindner:
>
>> Can I configure Emacs like that?
>
> (setq auto-save-interval 125)
> ;; Backups to central location
> (setq make-backup-files         t ; backup my files
>       backup-by-copying         t ; don't clobber sym-links
> ;      backup-directory-alist   '(("." . (concat (user-emacs-
> directory "/Sicherungen")))) ; don't litter
>       delete-old-versions       t
>       kept-new-versions         6
>       kept-old-versions         2
>       version-control           t ; use versioned backups
>       vc-make-backup-files      t ; make backups for cvs projects
>       vc-follow-symlinks        t)
> (setq backup-directory-alist    '(("." . "~/.emacs.d/
> Sicherungen"))) ;don't litter

And when you /su::/etc (for example) if you add that lines:

,----
| (setq tramp-backup-directory-alist backup-directory-alist)
| (setq auto-save-file-name-transforms nil)
`----

when you edit files in /etc you will have also the backups in your
`backup-directory-alist' directory.

-- 
A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France




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