~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Dan Mills]

Hello,

I always seem to have a ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file hanging around, in
addition to ~/.newsrc-dribble and ~/.newsrc-dribble~.  Is there any
way to make it not appear?  Or if it's necessary to have (or
recommended), then could I have it be named something else (with a
leading ".")?

Thanks,
-Dan

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Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Jørgen Wahlberg]

[ Dan Mills <dm@cs.duke.edu> ]

|  Hello,
|  
|  I always seem to have a ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file hanging around, in
|  addition to ~/.newsrc-dribble and ~/.newsrc-dribble~.  Is there any
|  way to make it not appear?  Or if it's necessary to have (or
|  recommended), then could I have it be named something else (with a
|  leading ".")?

Isn't that the auto-save file for .newsrc-dribble?  I believe you
would like to have that file when recovering after a crash.

When you press s in the Group window or quit Gnus it should disappear
though.

 - jørgen

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Jørgen Wahlberg <jw@nimrod.no>

Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Dan Mills]

jw@nimrod.no (Jørgen Wahlberg) writes:

> [ Dan Mills <dm@cs.duke.edu> ]
> 
> |  Hello,
> |  
> |  I always seem to have a ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file hanging around, in
> |  addition to ~/.newsrc-dribble and ~/.newsrc-dribble~.  Is there any
> |  way to make it not appear?  Or if it's necessary to have (or
> |  recommended), then could I have it be named something else (with a
> |  leading ".")?
> 
> Isn't that the auto-save file for .newsrc-dribble?  I believe you
> would like to have that file when recovering after a crash.

I thought that too.  But isn't the ~ file enough?  I've only had it
crash a couple of times.. is it worth having two backups?  Also- could
I gell gnus (or emacs?) to add a '.' in front of it?  I wouldn't mind
having 20 backups, as long as I didn't have to see them every time I
do an 'ls'.

-Dan

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Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Toby Speight]

Dan> Dan Mills <URL:mailto:dm@cs.duke.edu>

0> In article <87u2lpeean.fsf@majikthise.adsl.duke.edu>, Dan wrote:

Dan> But isn't the ~ file enough?  I've only had it crash a couple of
Dan> times.. is it worth having two backups?  Also- could I gell gnus
Dan> (or emacs?) to add a '.' in front of it?  I wouldn't mind having
Dan> 20 backups, as long as I didn't have to see them every time I do
Dan> an 'ls'.

That's a general emacs question, not specific to ding.

(apropos "auto-?save")

In particular, look at `make-auto-save-file-name'.  You should be able
to advice it (in your .emacs) so that it begins with a dot.

Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Taso N. Devetzis]

see also the variable auto-save-directory.

for example:

(setq auto-save-directory
      (expand-file-name "~/.autosave/"))

/taso

Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Dan Mills <dm@cs.duke.edu> writes:

> > Isn't that the auto-save file for .newsrc-dribble?  I believe you
> > would like to have that file when recovering after a crash.
> 
> I thought that too.  But isn't the ~ file enough?

No, the ~ file is the backup file.  You need the auto-save file.

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   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Dan Mills]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Dan Mills <dm@cs.duke.edu> writes:
> 
> > > Isn't that the auto-save file for .newsrc-dribble?  I believe you
> > > would like to have that file when recovering after a crash.
> > 
> > I thought that too.  But isn't the ~ file enough?
> 
> No, the ~ file is the backup file.  You need the auto-save file.

Ok.  How do I tell emacs (or gnus) to use another name for the
auto-save file?  (ie, something with a dot in front of it).

-Dan

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Re: ~/#.newsrc-dribble# file

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Dan Mills <dm@cs.duke.edu> writes:

> Ok.  How do I tell emacs (or gnus) to use another name for the
> auto-save file?  (ie, something with a dot in front of it).

Alter the `make-auto-save-file-name' function to return something that
has a dot in front of it.

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   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen