Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:36:30 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: cao@bus.net (Chuck O'Donnell) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: editing linked files w/emacs Message-ID: <199712121836.MAA04984@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212122451.3544A-100000@milf18.bus.net> from Chuck O'Donnell at "Dec 12, 97 12:47:21 pm"
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In a previous message, Chuck O'Donnell said:
>
> While using emacs to edit to a file with more than one hard link, and
> saving with save-buffer (C-x C-s), emacs saves the newly edited buffer to
> a new disk file, leaving the remaining links to refer to the original file
> which is now out of date.
>
> To keep all link references current, I have to delete other links and
> relink the file each time I make an edit. I must be doing something wrong
> here.
>
> Has anyone seen this before?
Sure. What emacs does is mv the original to file~ and rewrites the new
file. I've learned to live with it. And use sym-links instead.
> The version info is emacs 19.34.1 (i386--freebsd, X toolkit) installed as
> a package from the 2.2.2-RELEASE cdrom running under 2.2.2-RELEASE.
>
> Please reply directly as I am not on the mailing list.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Chuck O'Donnell
>
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