Re: unwanted backup files with nnfolder archive method

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

On Sat, 06 Aug 2016 16:10:43 +0200, Julien Cubizolles wrote:
> However, I've noticed that for each "sent-mail-%Y-%m" file, there is
> also a "sent-mail-%Y-%m~" backup file created,

Is this yours? :)

'---- [ C-h i d m Gnus RET m Mail Folders RET ]
| `nnfolder-save-buffer-hook'
| Hook run before saving the folders.  Note that Emacs does the
| normal backup renaming of files even with the `nnfolder' buffers.
| If you wish to switch this off, you could say something like the
| following in your `.emacs' file:
|
|      (defun turn-off-backup ()
|        (set (make-local-variable 'backup-inhibited) t))
|
|      (add-hook 'nnfolder-save-buffer-hook 'turn-off-backup)
`----