From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/18205 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: message auto-saving? Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:52:37 +0100 Message-ID: <874mbv1zey.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87lh58nqzw.fsf@free.fr> <87h9fwt1nt.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1458845592 1686 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2016 18:53:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 18:53:12 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 24 19:52:58 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ajANO-0005IX-1a for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:52:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52306 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajANN-0002zJ-63 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:52:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37537) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajANK-0002wD-Eu for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:52:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajANF-0000rT-Ed for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:52:54 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43752) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajANF-0000rP-7b for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:52:49 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ajANC-00059L-0O for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:52:46 +0100 Original-Received: from nl106-137-154.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.154]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:52:45 +0100 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-154.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:52:45 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-154.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jrygg6Tey7ywowKCrRiMTfVVgpE= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:18205 Archived-At: Alan Schmitt writes: >> Assuming you are using a unix variant, try the >> following On shell: $ cd $ touch xxx (some file >> name that is unique) Now start composing an email >> and wait for auto-save to kick in. Back in shell: $ >> find . -newer xxx and see what it reports. > > Great idea! Indeed, very impressive :) > I've found it. It's in > ~/.emacs/.cache/auto-save/site. I would never have > thought to look there. If you do `C-h a gnus directory RET' you get a couple of Gnus directories to examine. Many, actually. Is it `gnus-cache-directory', perhaps? If you don't find it that way, do the search the opposite direction, with `apropos-value' (I have that `C-h V' but it isn't shortcutted by default). Then enter the path or parts of it. -- underground experts united .... http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus Blogomatic ......... http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/blogomatic - so far: 19 Blogomatic articles -