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6564 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
27189 | 3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999 |
4 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
6564 | 5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
6 @setfilename ../info/backups | |
7 @node Backups and Auto-Saving, Buffers, Files, Top | |
8 @chapter Backups and Auto-Saving | |
9 | |
10 Backup files and auto-save files are two methods by which Emacs tries | |
11 to protect the user from the consequences of crashes or of the user's | |
12 own errors. Auto-saving preserves the text from earlier in the current | |
13 editing session; backup files preserve file contents prior to the | |
14 current session. | |
15 | |
16 @menu | |
17 * Backup Files:: How backup files are made; how their names are chosen. | |
18 * Auto-Saving:: How auto-save files are made; how their names are chosen. | |
19 * Reverting:: @code{revert-buffer}, and how to customize what it does. | |
20 @end menu | |
21 | |
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22 @node Backup Files |
6564 | 23 @section Backup Files |
24 @cindex backup file | |
25 | |
26 A @dfn{backup file} is a copy of the old contents of a file you are | |
27 editing. Emacs makes a backup file the first time you save a buffer | |
28 into its visited file. Normally, this means that the backup file | |
29 contains the contents of the file as it was before the current editing | |
30 session. The contents of the backup file normally remain unchanged once | |
31 it exists. | |
32 | |
33 Backups are usually made by renaming the visited file to a new name. | |
34 Optionally, you can specify that backup files should be made by copying | |
35 the visited file. This choice makes a difference for files with | |
36 multiple names; it also can affect whether the edited file remains owned | |
37 by the original owner or becomes owned by the user editing it. | |
38 | |
39 By default, Emacs makes a single backup file for each file edited. | |
40 You can alternatively request numbered backups; then each new backup | |
41 file gets a new name. You can delete old numbered backups when you | |
42 don't want them any more, or Emacs can delete them automatically. | |
43 | |
44 @menu | |
45 * Making Backups:: How Emacs makes backup files, and when. | |
46 * Rename or Copy:: Two alternatives: renaming the old file or copying it. | |
47 * Numbered Backups:: Keeping multiple backups for each source file. | |
48 * Backup Names:: How backup file names are computed; customization. | |
49 @end menu | |
50 | |
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51 @node Making Backups |
6564 | 52 @subsection Making Backup Files |
53 | |
54 @defun backup-buffer | |
55 This function makes a backup of the file visited by the current | |
56 buffer, if appropriate. It is called by @code{save-buffer} before | |
57 saving the buffer the first time. | |
58 @end defun | |
59 | |
60 @defvar buffer-backed-up | |
61 This buffer-local variable indicates whether this buffer's file has | |
62 been backed up on account of this buffer. If it is non-@code{nil}, then | |
63 the backup file has been written. Otherwise, the file should be backed | |
7336 | 64 up when it is next saved (if backups are enabled). This is a |
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65 permanent local; @code{kill-all-local-variables} does not alter it. |
6564 | 66 @end defvar |
67 | |
68 @defopt make-backup-files | |
12098 | 69 This variable determines whether or not to make backup files. If it |
6564 | 70 is non-@code{nil}, then Emacs creates a backup of each file when it is |
12098 | 71 saved for the first time---provided that @code{backup-inhibited} |
72 is @code{nil} (see below). | |
6564 | 73 |
12098 | 74 The following example shows how to change the @code{make-backup-files} |
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75 variable only in the Rmail buffers and not elsewhere. Setting it |
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76 @code{nil} stops Emacs from making backups of these files, which may |
25875 | 77 save disk space. (You would put this code in your init file.) |
6564 | 78 |
79 @smallexample | |
80 @group | |
81 (add-hook 'rmail-mode-hook | |
82 (function (lambda () | |
83 (make-local-variable | |
84 'make-backup-files) | |
85 (setq make-backup-files nil)))) | |
86 @end group | |
87 @end smallexample | |
88 @end defopt | |
89 | |
7336 | 90 @defvar backup-enable-predicate |
6564 | 91 This variable's value is a function to be called on certain occasions to |
7336 | 92 decide whether a file should have backup files. The function receives |
93 one argument, a file name to consider. If the function returns | |
94 @code{nil}, backups are disabled for that file. Otherwise, the other | |
95 variables in this section say whether and how to make backups. | |
6564 | 96 |
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97 @findex normal-backup-enable-predicate |
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98 The default value is @code{normal-backup-enable-predicate}, which checks |
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99 for files in @code{temporary-file-directory} and |
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100 @code{small-temporary-file-directory}. |
6564 | 101 @end defvar |
102 | |
103 @defvar backup-inhibited | |
104 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, backups are inhibited. It records | |
105 the result of testing @code{backup-enable-predicate} on the visited file | |
106 name. It can also coherently be used by other mechanisms that inhibit | |
12098 | 107 backups based on which file is visited. For example, VC sets this |
108 variable non-@code{nil} to prevent making backups for files managed | |
109 with a version control system. | |
7336 | 110 |
12098 | 111 This is a permanent local, so that changing the major mode does not lose |
112 its value. Major modes should not set this variable---they should set | |
7336 | 113 @code{make-backup-files} instead. |
6564 | 114 @end defvar |
115 | |
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116 @defvar backup-directory-alist |
31125 | 117 @tindex backup-directory-alist |
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118 This variable's value is an alist of filename patterns and backup |
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119 directory names. Each element looks like |
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120 @smallexample |
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121 (@var{regexp} . @var{directory}) |
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122 @end smallexample |
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123 |
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124 @noindent |
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125 Backups of files with names matching @var{regexp} will be made in |
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126 @var{directory}. @var{directory} may be relative or absolute. If it is |
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127 absolute, so that all matching files are backed up into the same |
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128 directory, the file names in this directory will be the full name of the |
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129 file backed up with all directory separators changed to @samp{!} to |
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130 prevent clashes. This will not work correctly if your filesystem |
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131 truncates the resulting name. |
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133 For the common case of all backups going into one directory, the alist |
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134 should contain a single element pairing @samp{"."} with the appropriate |
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135 directory name. |
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136 |
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137 If this variable is @code{nil}, or it fails to match a filename, the |
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138 backup is made in the original file's directory. |
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140 On MS-DOS filesystems without long names this variable is always |
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141 ignored. |
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142 @end defvar |
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143 |
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144 @defvar make-backup-file-name-function |
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146 This variable's value is a function to use for making backups instead of |
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147 the default @code{make-backup-file-name}. A value of nil gives the |
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148 default @code{make-backup-file-name} behaviour. |
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150 This could be buffer-local to do something special for specific |
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151 files. If you define it, you may need to change |
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152 @code{backup-file-name-p} and @code{file-name-sans-versions} too. |
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153 @end defvar |
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156 @node Rename or Copy |
6564 | 157 @subsection Backup by Renaming or by Copying? |
158 @cindex backup files, how to make them | |
159 | |
160 There are two ways that Emacs can make a backup file: | |
161 | |
162 @itemize @bullet | |
163 @item | |
164 Emacs can rename the original file so that it becomes a backup file, and | |
165 then write the buffer being saved into a new file. After this | |
166 procedure, any other names (i.e., hard links) of the original file now | |
167 refer to the backup file. The new file is owned by the user doing the | |
168 editing, and its group is the default for new files written by the user | |
169 in that directory. | |
170 | |
171 @item | |
172 Emacs can copy the original file into a backup file, and then overwrite | |
173 the original file with new contents. After this procedure, any other | |
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174 names (i.e., hard links) of the original file continue to refer to the |
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175 current (updated) version of the file. The file's owner and group will |
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176 be unchanged. |
6564 | 177 @end itemize |
178 | |
179 The first method, renaming, is the default. | |
180 | |
181 The variable @code{backup-by-copying}, if non-@code{nil}, says to use | |
182 the second method, which is to copy the original file and overwrite it | |
183 with the new buffer contents. The variable @code{file-precious-flag}, | |
184 if non-@code{nil}, also has this effect (as a sideline of its main | |
185 significance). @xref{Saving Buffers}. | |
186 | |
187 @defvar backup-by-copying | |
188 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs always makes backup files by | |
189 copying. | |
190 @end defvar | |
191 | |
192 The following two variables, when non-@code{nil}, cause the second | |
193 method to be used in certain special cases. They have no effect on the | |
194 treatment of files that don't fall into the special cases. | |
195 | |
196 @defvar backup-by-copying-when-linked | |
197 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs makes backups by copying for | |
198 files with multiple names (hard links). | |
199 | |
200 This variable is significant only if @code{backup-by-copying} is | |
201 @code{nil}, since copying is always used when that variable is | |
202 non-@code{nil}. | |
203 @end defvar | |
204 | |
205 @defvar backup-by-copying-when-mismatch | |
206 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs makes backups by copying in cases | |
207 where renaming would change either the owner or the group of the file. | |
208 | |
209 The value has no effect when renaming would not alter the owner or | |
210 group of the file; that is, for files which are owned by the user and | |
211 whose group matches the default for a new file created there by the | |
212 user. | |
213 | |
214 This variable is significant only if @code{backup-by-copying} is | |
215 @code{nil}, since copying is always used when that variable is | |
216 non-@code{nil}. | |
217 @end defvar | |
218 | |
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219 @defvar backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch |
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220 This variable, if non-@code{nil}, specifies the same behavior as |
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221 @code{backup-by-copying-when-mismatch}, but only for certain user-id |
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222 values: namely, those less than or equal to a certain number. You set |
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223 this variable to that number. |
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225 Thus, if you set @code{backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch} |
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226 to 0, backup by copying is done for the superuser only, |
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227 when necessary to prevent a change in the owner of the file. |
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229 The default is 200. |
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230 @end defvar |
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232 @node Numbered Backups |
6564 | 233 @subsection Making and Deleting Numbered Backup Files |
234 | |
235 If a file's name is @file{foo}, the names of its numbered backup | |
236 versions are @file{foo.~@var{v}~}, for various integers @var{v}, like | |
237 this: @file{foo.~1~}, @file{foo.~2~}, @file{foo.~3~}, @dots{}, | |
238 @file{foo.~259~}, and so on. | |
239 | |
240 @defopt version-control | |
241 This variable controls whether to make a single non-numbered backup | |
242 file or multiple numbered backups. | |
243 | |
244 @table @asis | |
245 @item @code{nil} | |
246 Make numbered backups if the visited file already has numbered backups; | |
247 otherwise, do not. | |
248 | |
249 @item @code{never} | |
250 Do not make numbered backups. | |
251 | |
252 @item @var{anything else} | |
7336 | 253 Make numbered backups. |
6564 | 254 @end table |
255 @end defopt | |
256 | |
257 The use of numbered backups ultimately leads to a large number of | |
258 backup versions, which must then be deleted. Emacs can do this | |
7336 | 259 automatically or it can ask the user whether to delete them. |
6564 | 260 |
261 @defopt kept-new-versions | |
7336 | 262 The value of this variable is the number of newest versions to keep |
6564 | 263 when a new numbered backup is made. The newly made backup is included |
264 in the count. The default value is 2. | |
265 @end defopt | |
266 | |
267 @defopt kept-old-versions | |
268 The value of this variable is the number of oldest versions to keep | |
269 when a new numbered backup is made. The default value is 2. | |
270 @end defopt | |
271 | |
272 If there are backups numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7, and both of these | |
273 variables have the value 2, then the backups numbered 1 and 2 are kept | |
274 as old versions and those numbered 5 and 7 are kept as new versions; | |
7336 | 275 backup version 3 is excess. The function @code{find-backup-file-name} |
6564 | 276 (@pxref{Backup Names}) is responsible for determining which backup |
277 versions to delete, but does not delete them itself. | |
278 | |
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279 @defopt delete-old-versions |
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280 If this variable is @code{t}, then saving a file deletes excess |
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281 backup versions silently. If it is @code{nil}, that means |
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282 to ask for confirmation before deleting excess backups. |
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283 Otherwise, they are not deleted at all. |
6564 | 284 @end defopt |
285 | |
286 @defopt dired-kept-versions | |
287 This variable specifies how many of the newest backup versions to keep | |
288 in the Dired command @kbd{.} (@code{dired-clean-directory}). That's the | |
7336 | 289 same thing @code{kept-new-versions} specifies when you make a new backup |
6564 | 290 file. The default value is 2. |
291 @end defopt | |
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6564 | 294 @subsection Naming Backup Files |
295 | |
296 The functions in this section are documented mainly because you can | |
297 customize the naming conventions for backup files by redefining them. | |
298 If you change one, you probably need to change the rest. | |
299 | |
300 @defun backup-file-name-p filename | |
301 This function returns a non-@code{nil} value if @var{filename} is a | |
302 possible name for a backup file. A file with the name @var{filename} | |
303 need not exist; the function just checks the name. | |
304 | |
305 @smallexample | |
306 @group | |
307 (backup-file-name-p "foo") | |
308 @result{} nil | |
309 @end group | |
310 @group | |
311 (backup-file-name-p "foo~") | |
312 @result{} 3 | |
313 @end group | |
314 @end smallexample | |
315 | |
316 The standard definition of this function is as follows: | |
317 | |
318 @smallexample | |
319 @group | |
320 (defun backup-file-name-p (file) | |
321 "Return non-nil if FILE is a backup file \ | |
322 name (numeric or not)..." | |
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6564 | 324 @end group |
325 @end smallexample | |
326 | |
327 @noindent | |
328 Thus, the function returns a non-@code{nil} value if the file name ends | |
329 with a @samp{~}. (We use a backslash to split the documentation | |
330 string's first line into two lines in the text, but produce just one | |
331 line in the string itself.) | |
332 | |
333 This simple expression is placed in a separate function to make it easy | |
334 to redefine for customization. | |
335 @end defun | |
336 | |
337 @defun make-backup-file-name filename | |
7336 | 338 This function returns a string that is the name to use for a |
6564 | 339 non-numbered backup file for file @var{filename}. On Unix, this is just |
340 @var{filename} with a tilde appended. | |
341 | |
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345 @smallexample | |
346 @group | |
347 (defun make-backup-file-name (file) | |
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6564 | 349 (concat file "~")) |
350 @end group | |
351 @end smallexample | |
352 | |
7336 | 353 You can change the backup-file naming convention by redefining this |
6564 | 354 function. The following example redefines @code{make-backup-file-name} |
7336 | 355 to prepend a @samp{.} in addition to appending a tilde: |
6564 | 356 |
357 @smallexample | |
358 @group | |
359 (defun make-backup-file-name (filename) | |
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6564 | 363 @end group |
364 | |
365 @group | |
366 (make-backup-file-name "backups.texi") | |
367 @result{} ".backups.texi~" | |
368 @end group | |
369 @end smallexample | |
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6564 | 375 @end defun |
376 | |
377 @defun find-backup-file-name filename | |
378 This function computes the file name for a new backup file for | |
379 @var{filename}. It may also propose certain existing backup files for | |
380 deletion. @code{find-backup-file-name} returns a list whose @sc{car} is | |
381 the name for the new backup file and whose @sc{cdr} is a list of backup | |
382 files whose deletion is proposed. | |
383 | |
384 Two variables, @code{kept-old-versions} and @code{kept-new-versions}, | |
385 determine which backup versions should be kept. This function keeps | |
386 those versions by excluding them from the @sc{cdr} of the value. | |
387 @xref{Numbered Backups}. | |
388 | |
389 In this example, the value says that @file{~rms/foo.~5~} is the name | |
390 to use for the new backup file, and @file{~rms/foo.~3~} is an ``excess'' | |
391 version that the caller should consider deleting now. | |
392 | |
393 @smallexample | |
394 @group | |
395 (find-backup-file-name "~rms/foo") | |
396 @result{} ("~rms/foo.~5~" "~rms/foo.~3~") | |
397 @end group | |
398 @end smallexample | |
399 @end defun | |
400 | |
401 @c Emacs 19 feature | |
402 @defun file-newest-backup filename | |
403 This function returns the name of the most recent backup file for | |
7336 | 404 @var{filename}, or @code{nil} if that file has no backup files. |
6564 | 405 |
7336 | 406 Some file comparison commands use this function so that they can |
407 automatically compare a file with its most recent backup. | |
6564 | 408 @end defun |
409 | |
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6564 | 411 @section Auto-Saving |
412 @cindex auto-saving | |
413 | |
414 Emacs periodically saves all files that you are visiting; this is | |
415 called @dfn{auto-saving}. Auto-saving prevents you from losing more | |
416 than a limited amount of work if the system crashes. By default, | |
417 auto-saves happen every 300 keystrokes, or after around 30 seconds of | |
418 idle time. @xref{Auto-Save, Auto-Save, Auto-Saving: Protection Against | |
419 Disasters, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for information on auto-save | |
420 for users. Here we describe the functions used to implement auto-saving | |
421 and the variables that control them. | |
422 | |
423 @defvar buffer-auto-save-file-name | |
424 This buffer-local variable is the name of the file used for | |
425 auto-saving the current buffer. It is @code{nil} if the buffer | |
426 should not be auto-saved. | |
427 | |
428 @example | |
429 @group | |
430 buffer-auto-save-file-name | |
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6564 | 432 @end group |
433 @end example | |
434 @end defvar | |
435 | |
436 @deffn Command auto-save-mode arg | |
437 When used interactively without an argument, this command is a toggle | |
438 switch: it turns on auto-saving of the current buffer if it is off, and | |
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6564 | 440 on if the value of @var{arg} is @code{t}, a nonempty list, or a positive |
441 integer. Otherwise, it turns auto-saving off. | |
442 @end deffn | |
443 | |
444 @defun auto-save-file-name-p filename | |
445 This function returns a non-@code{nil} value if @var{filename} is a | |
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6564 | 448 begins and ends with hash marks (@samp{#}) is a possible auto-save file |
449 name. The argument @var{filename} should not contain a directory part. | |
450 | |
451 @example | |
452 @group | |
453 (make-auto-save-file-name) | |
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6564 | 455 @end group |
456 @group | |
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6564 | 458 @result{} 0 |
459 @end group | |
460 @group | |
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6564 | 462 @result{} nil |
463 @end group | |
464 @end example | |
465 | |
466 The standard definition of this function is as follows: | |
467 | |
468 @example | |
469 @group | |
470 (defun auto-save-file-name-p (filename) | |
471 "Return non-nil if FILENAME can be yielded by..." | |
472 (string-match "^#.*#$" filename)) | |
473 @end group | |
474 @end example | |
475 | |
476 This function exists so that you can customize it if you wish to | |
477 change the naming convention for auto-save files. If you redefine it, | |
478 be sure to redefine the function @code{make-auto-save-file-name} | |
479 correspondingly. | |
480 @end defun | |
481 | |
482 @defun make-auto-save-file-name | |
483 This function returns the file name to use for auto-saving the current | |
24934 | 484 buffer. This is just the file name with hash marks (@samp{#}) prepended |
485 and appended to it. This function does not look at the variable | |
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489 @example | |
490 @group | |
491 (make-auto-save-file-name) | |
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6564 | 493 @end group |
494 @end example | |
495 | |
496 The standard definition of this function is as follows: | |
497 | |
498 @example | |
499 @group | |
500 (defun make-auto-save-file-name () | |
501 "Return file name to use for auto-saves \ | |
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504 @end group | |
505 @group | |
506 (concat | |
507 (file-name-directory buffer-file-name) | |
508 "#" | |
509 (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name) | |
510 "#") | |
511 (expand-file-name | |
512 (concat "#%" (buffer-name) "#")))) | |
513 @end group | |
514 @end example | |
515 | |
516 This exists as a separate function so that you can redefine it to | |
517 customize the naming convention for auto-save files. Be sure to | |
518 change @code{auto-save-file-name-p} in a corresponding way. | |
519 @end defun | |
520 | |
521 @defvar auto-save-visited-file-name | |
522 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, Emacs auto-saves buffers in | |
523 the files they are visiting. That is, the auto-save is done in the same | |
7336 | 524 file that you are editing. Normally, this variable is @code{nil}, so |
6564 | 525 auto-save files have distinct names that are created by |
526 @code{make-auto-save-file-name}. | |
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6564 | 533 @end defvar |
534 | |
535 @defun recent-auto-save-p | |
536 This function returns @code{t} if the current buffer has been | |
537 auto-saved since the last time it was read in or saved. | |
538 @end defun | |
539 | |
540 @defun set-buffer-auto-saved | |
541 This function marks the current buffer as auto-saved. The buffer will | |
542 not be auto-saved again until the buffer text is changed again. The | |
543 function returns @code{nil}. | |
544 @end defun | |
545 | |
546 @defopt auto-save-interval | |
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551 @end defopt | |
552 | |
553 @defopt auto-save-timeout | |
554 The value of this variable is the number of seconds of idle time that | |
555 should cause auto-saving. Each time the user pauses for this long, | |
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6564 | 564 @end defopt |
565 | |
566 @defvar auto-save-hook | |
567 This normal hook is run whenever an auto-save is about to happen. | |
568 @end defvar | |
569 | |
570 @defopt auto-save-default | |
571 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, buffers that are visiting files | |
572 have auto-saving enabled by default. Otherwise, they do not. | |
573 @end defopt | |
574 | |
12098 | 575 @deffn Command do-auto-save &optional no-message current-only |
6564 | 576 This function auto-saves all buffers that need to be auto-saved. It |
577 saves all buffers for which auto-saving is enabled and that have been | |
578 changed since the previous auto-save. | |
579 | |
580 Normally, if any buffers are auto-saved, a message that says | |
581 @samp{Auto-saving...} is displayed in the echo area while auto-saving is | |
582 going on. However, if @var{no-message} is non-@code{nil}, the message | |
583 is inhibited. | |
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585 If @var{current-only} is non-@code{nil}, only the current buffer | |
586 is auto-saved. | |
6564 | 587 @end deffn |
588 | |
589 @defun delete-auto-save-file-if-necessary | |
590 This function deletes the current buffer's auto-save file if | |
591 @code{delete-auto-save-files} is non-@code{nil}. It is called every | |
592 time a buffer is saved. | |
593 @end defun | |
594 | |
595 @defvar delete-auto-save-files | |
596 This variable is used by the function | |
597 @code{delete-auto-save-file-if-necessary}. If it is non-@code{nil}, | |
598 Emacs deletes auto-save files when a true save is done (in the visited | |
599 file). This saves disk space and unclutters your directory. | |
600 @end defvar | |
601 | |
602 @defun rename-auto-save-file | |
603 This function adjusts the current buffer's auto-save file name if the | |
604 visited file name has changed. It also renames an existing auto-save | |
605 file. If the visited file name has not changed, this function does | |
606 nothing. | |
607 @end defun | |
608 | |
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7336 | 612 used to detect a substantial decrease in size, and turn off auto-saving |
613 in response. | |
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12098 | 625 writes two lines into this file for each buffer that has auto-saving |
626 enabled. The first line gives the name of the visited file (it's empty | |
627 if the buffer has none), and the second gives the name of the auto-save | |
628 file. | |
629 | |
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632 work that was otherwise lost. The @code{recover-session} command uses | |
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647 @end defvar |
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6564 | 650 @section Reverting |
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652 If you have made extensive changes to a file and then change your mind | |
653 about them, you can get rid of them by reading in the previous version | |
654 of the file with the @code{revert-buffer} command. @xref{Reverting, , | |
655 Reverting a Buffer, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. | |
656 | |
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657 @deffn Command revert-buffer &optional ignore-auto noconfirm |
6564 | 658 This command replaces the buffer text with the text of the visited |
659 file on disk. This action undoes all changes since the file was visited | |
660 or saved. | |
661 | |
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25981 | 666 is @code{t} if there is no numeric prefix argument; thus, the |
667 interactive default is not to check the auto-save file. | |
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669 Normally, @code{revert-buffer} asks for confirmation before it changes | |
670 the buffer; but if the argument @var{noconfirm} is non-@code{nil}, | |
671 @code{revert-buffer} does not ask for confirmation. | |
672 | |
673 Reverting tries to preserve marker positions in the buffer by using the | |
7336 | 674 replacement feature of @code{insert-file-contents}. If the buffer |
675 contents and the file contents are identical before the revert | |
676 operation, reverting preserves all the markers. If they are not | |
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677 identical, reverting does change the buffer; in that case, it preserves |
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678 the markers in the unchanged text (if any) at the beginning and end of |
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679 the buffer. Preserving any additional markers would be problematical. |
6564 | 680 @end deffn |
681 | |
7336 | 682 You can customize how @code{revert-buffer} does its work by setting |
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686 This variable holds a list of files that should be reverted without |
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693 Some major modes customize @code{revert-buffer} by making |
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6564 | 696 @defvar revert-buffer-function |
7336 | 697 The value of this variable is the function to use to revert this buffer. |
698 If non-@code{nil}, it is called as a function with no arguments to do | |
699 the work of reverting. If the value is @code{nil}, reverting works the | |
700 usual way. | |
701 | |
702 Modes such as Dired mode, in which the text being edited does not | |
703 consist of a file's contents but can be regenerated in some other | |
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6564 | 706 @end defvar |
707 | |
708 @defvar revert-buffer-insert-file-contents-function | |
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12098 | 710 insert the updated contents when reverting this buffer. The function |
711 receives two arguments: first the file name to use; second, @code{t} if | |
712 the user has asked to read the auto-save file. | |
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720 | |
721 @defvar before-revert-hook | |
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6564 | 723 inserting the modified contents---but only if |
724 @code{revert-buffer-function} is @code{nil}. | |
725 @end defvar | |
726 | |
727 @defvar after-revert-hook | |
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6564 | 729 the modified contents---but only if @code{revert-buffer-function} is |
730 @code{nil}. | |
731 @end defvar |