[cmucl-help] Re: Preventing the creation of backup files when using :if-exists :new-version

[Denis Papathanasiou]

Use  :IF-EXISTS :SUPERSEDE instead!


Ah, thanks for clarifying that; I was looking in the wrong place (I
thought it would be controlled by a global variable, e.g. something
akin to *print-pretty*).

And actually, I'd been avoiding :supersede in that context b/c of this
article: http://prettyclose.livejournal.com/

[cmucl-help] Re: Preventing the creation of backup files when using :if-exists :new-version

[Pascal Bourguignon]

"Denis Papathanasiou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I've noticed that CMUCL (I'm running it on debian) creates backup
> files (i.e., tilde suffix copies, similar to the Emacs default
> behavior when saving a file) when I write to a file output stream with
> the :if-exists :new-version parameters.
>
> Is there a way to turn this off?


Yes, if you don't want NEW VERSIONS, don't use :NEW-VERSION !


Use  :IF-EXISTS :SUPERSEDE instead!


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