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From: Scott Byer <byer@Adobe.COM>
Subject: Re: getting rid of ~ backup files (archive/nnfolder)
Date: 09 Jan 1998 09:14:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uyb0py3gv.fsf@corp.adobe.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 's message of "09 Jan 1998 16:29:27 +0200"


jari aalto writes:

jari>         Hi,

jari>         Were there an option in recent ding that prevented creating
jari> the archive and nnfolder backup files, they are really annoying. I
jari> prefer backups everywhere else but not for mailbox files. (I have cron
jari> gzip for them)

jari>         If not, what's the code to prevent them?

jari>         jari

Here's what I use:

(defvar backup-skip 
  "\\(^/Dev/\\)\\|\\(^/tmp/\\)\\|/Mailboxes/\\|/News/\\|newsrc"
  "A regular expression to match against each file name.  If the file name
being tested for backupability matches, don't back it up.")

(defun backup-prevent-check (file)
  (not (string-match backup-skip file)))

(setq backup-enable-predicate 'backup-prevent-check)


-- 
Scott Byer, Computer Scientist                          mailto:byer@adobe.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated, Mailstop W10           These are my opinions, and
345 Park Avenue                                    do not necessarily reflect
San Jose, CA 95110-9704                          the opinions of my employer.



      reply	other threads:[~1998-01-09 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-01-09 14:29 jari.aalto
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