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[Kris Kuhlman <address@hidden>]

Quoting Kamaraju Kusumanchi <address@hidden>:

> > > I see a problem with the proposed feature to put backup files to a
> > > separate directory. Different files from different directories can
> > > have identical names, and the backup file from editing one of them can
> > > overwrite the backup file from another file.
> >
>
> I have not imagined this problem when I first asked for that feature.
>
> FWIW, I have reported this suggestion at
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=16060

Emacs handles this by always appending the full path (using ! instead of / in
the pathnames) when it saves backup files into a common directory. It also has
options to save a certain number of old copies, and I don't remember all the
options.

Kris

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