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Re: how to stop saving these files

From: Glenn Morris
Subject: Re: how to stop saving these files
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:44:16 +0000
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 
Lowell Kirsh wrote:

> emacs has been saving backup files in the same directory as the files
> that I edit. The backup files have names like Friends.java~1.8.~.

Looks like a CVS backup file. See "Version Backups" section of Emacs
manual.

> How can I either a) stop emacs from creating theses backups at all?

(setq vc-cvs-stay-local nil)

> b) tell emacs to save them all in one place?

I don't know of an easy way.
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