Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!mit-eddie!PREP.AI.MIT.EDU!rms From: rms@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard M. Stallman) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: concerning Gnu Emacs backup files Message-ID: <8701060024.AA22024@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 19:40:33 EST Article-I.D.: EDDIE.8701060024.AA22024 Posted: Mon Jan 5 19:40:33 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Jan-87 00:01:26 EST Sender: daemon@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU Lines: 5 GNU Emacs backups are not for protection against system crashes. Auto save files are what serve that purpose in GNU Emacs. Backup files are for protection against making a change that causes trouble at a later date. RCS is also used for that purpose.