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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1993-08-13 01:17:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1993-08-13 01:17:59 +0000 |
| commit | f862241d81f08a5b5fd2f9b9139526b66d43466d (patch) | |
| tree | f1d95cb0688f0d2e5251db2eacb86b8f0dc9394c | |
| parent | 722074ef8735586605223cc6bfdde31272de7c97 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-f862241d81f08a5b5fd2f9b9139526b66d43466d.tar.gz | |
(backup-inhibited): Doc fix.
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 6c35a19f522..b21e2736eb5 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -60,12 +60,14 @@ The file's owner and group are unchanged. The choice of renaming or copying is controlled by the variables `backup-by-copying', `backup-by-copying-when-linked' and -`backup-by-copying-when-mismatch'.") +`backup-by-copying-when-mismatch'. See also `backup-inhibited'.") ;; Do this so that local variables based on the file name ;; are not overridden by the major mode. (defvar backup-inhibited nil - "Non-nil means don't make a backup file for this buffer.") + "Non-nil means don't make a backup, regardless of the other parameters. +This variable is intended for use by making it local to a buffer. +But it is local only if you make it local.") (put 'backup-inhibited 'permanent-local t) (defconst backup-by-copying nil |