Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!mit-eddie!jkf From: jkf@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu@ficl.UUCP (John Foderaro) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: concerning Gnu Emacs backup files Message-ID: <8701041928.AA22954@ficl> Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 14:28:08 EST Article-I.D.: ficl.8701041928.AA22954 Posted: Sun Jan 4 14:28:08 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 21:52:16 EST Sender: nessus@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU Lines: 20 As an alternative to putting backup files in a ~/.gnubackup directory, I'd like to suggest that you try these two ideas: 1. make the backup filenames begin with '.#' and the checkpoint filenames begin with '.##'. This makes these files invisible unless you use 'ls -a' and thus they aren't as bothersome to keep around. 2. add a line to /usr/lib/crontab (or else use 'at' if you aren't a superuser) which daily checks for out of date backup and checkpoint files and removes them. The crontab entry I use looks like this: this is the clause that looks for gnumacs backups | v 40 4 * * * find / '(' -name '#*' -o -name '*.CKP' -o -name '.#*' ')' -a -atime +3 -a -exec rm -f {} ';' -john foderaro