Date: 13 Dec 1997 08:41:21 -0600 From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, cao@bus.net Subject: Re: editing linked files w/emacs Message-ID: <85lnxp5mr2.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> In-Reply-To: "Chuck O'Donnell"'s message of "Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:47:21 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212122451.3544A-100000@milf18.bus.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net> writes: > 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 which is now out of date.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? You might have better luck asking on one of the Emacs newsgroups (comp.emacs, gnu.emacs, etc.). I *believe* there is some sort of Emacs Lisp variable you can set to cause Emacs to not move the old version of the file `foo' to `foo~' and then write the modified file to `foo'. It's probably in the Emacs INFO stuff somewhere. -Dave
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?85lnxp5mr2.fsf>