RE: [h-e-w] eliminate creation of ~files

[Zaleski, Alex]

Thanks Paul - I configured it to save to a common dir.

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(backup-directory-alist (quote (("" . "c:\\temp\\backup")))))

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Whitfield [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:09 PM
To: Zaleski, Alex
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] eliminate creation of ~files

Zaleski, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone tell me how I can suppress the creation of .extention~ files.
Eg
> if I edit newfile.sh it also creates a newfile.sh~. 
> 

The ~ file is a backup file.

One way to avoid this file in the current file is to setup a backup 
directory

See the Backup customisation group.

See the customisable variable "Backup Directory Alist",
This allows all of these file to be moved to a configurable
subdirectory... giving the advantage of the backup file and
none of the mess.

Otherwise you can disable backups altogether via the Make Backup
setting.

Regards

Paul