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Re: numbered backups


From: Steven Arntson
Subject: Re: numbered backups
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 20:00:43 -0700
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux)

"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:

> Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com> writes:
>
>> I know I read how to do this somewhere, but can't find it now. I'd like
>> emacs to name my backup files not as
>>
>> file.org.~1~
>> file.org.~2~
>>
>> but rather as
>>
>> file.org.~001~
>> file.org.~002~
>>
>> is there a variable I could call up from M-x customize to influence this
>> behavior?
>
> See the variable make-backup-file-name-function 
> and the function make-backup-file-name

This looks promising, but I'm too much of a beginner to accomplish much
with it! Under "value menu" for "Make Backup File Name Function" it asks
me, "Your function: ______". I don't know what to put there to achieve
my desired result.




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