On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:11:07 +0100, "Kai Großjohann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Does it work to set backup-by-copying to t? No, this doesn't help. > When backup-by-copying is nil (as you are reporting), then Emacs renames > the original file foo to foo~, then creates a new file foo. This > ensures that the backup process cannot fail in a disk full situation, > making the backup safer. > > On the other hand, backing up by copying is more secure :-) With respect to backup-by-copying, I didn't see any discussion of these "disk full" and security issues in the Emacs manual. Perhaps I missed it? If not, then maybe it would be good to suggest their inclusion in the Emacs manual? -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
