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

> Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:
> 
> > Hm.  find-backup-file-name seems to do something hardwired when
> > version-control is non-nil, and calls make-backup-file-name otherwise.
> 
>   -rw-rw-r--   1 larsi    larsi        1123 Jul  5 06:44 76
>   -rw-rw-r--   1 larsi    larsi        1123 Jul  5 06:44 76.~1~
> 
> (find-backup-file-name "~/News/drafts/drafts/76")
> => ("~/News/drafts/drafts/76.~2~")
> 
> So it seems to do the reverse thing -- it suggests a new backup file
> name; it doesn't say what the current backup file names to a given
> file are.

Well, yes, but since what it does is hardwired...  But that's ugly.

kai
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