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- From: scottm@intime.INTime.COM (Scott Michel)
- Subject: Re: #XXX# file remains after killing modified buffer for XXX
- Message-ID: <BrwLB5.A4L@intime.intime.COM>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
- Organization: IntelliMED Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
- References: <9207201711.AA14459@beast.mountain>
- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:16:15 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- In article <9207201711.AA14459@beast.mountain> cdr@beast.UUCP (CD Rasmussen) writes:
- >In GNU Emacs 18.57.4 of Wed Oct 2 1991 on beast (berkeley-unix)
- >
- >If I edit a file named XXX and then decide to toss the changes by deleting the
- >buffer, the #XXX# file remains in the file system.
- >
- > Constantine Rasmussen 508-750-7500 x7048 siemens.com!sme!cdr
- >
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- This is a feature, not a bug. It saves this backup file just in case you
- really do want the changes you made.
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