Peter Woo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use absolute paths for my backup dir alist. While it works fine > with ange-ftp alone, it doesn't work when tramp is turned on. > > It seems that an invalid backup file name will be returned by the > tramp file handlers and thus a %backup% file is resulted. > > I am now using: > (add-to-list 'backup-directory-alist > (cons tramp-file-name-regexp nil)) > > to workaround the problem. > > Not sure whether a valid backup file name can be yielded.
Problems with backup are discussed in the Tramp manual, chapter "Auto-save and Backup". Your workaround is presented as solution there. > Many thanks, > Peter. Best regards, Michael. -- /-----------------+------------------------+------------------------------\ | Michael Albinus | Alcatel Telecom Berlin | Colditzstrasse 34-36 | | | Fixed Network Division | D 12099 Berlin, Germany | +-----------------+------------+-----------+------------------------------+ | Public | Alcanet | | +49-30-7002 3216 (telephone) | 2-520-3216 (telephone) | | +49-30-7002 3667 (telefax) | 2-520-3667 (telefax) | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (private) | +------------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | PGP public key http://aww.bln.sel.alcatel.de/~albinus/albinus.asc | | Wish List http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/wishlist/1QJHW8CJP751P | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
