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Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:

> The smaller the file, the shorter time it needs to complete a write,
> the shorter the risk for corruption.

Yes, but if you have a problem with files getting corrupted while
writing, something very wrong is going on on your system.  I've never
had Emacs corrupt something while writing.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen