# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 799515864 0 # Node ID 6e1c2ecf280b230dba2251797667417c0347b162 # Parent 966c6625a963286fe8ede14f464290c8814119a5 Doc auto-save-list-file-name. diff -r 966c6625a963 -r 6e1c2ecf280b lispref/backups.texi --- a/lispref/backups.texi Wed May 03 00:09:43 1995 +0000 +++ b/lispref/backups.texi Wed May 03 15:44:24 1995 +0000 @@ -549,6 +549,19 @@ Turning auto-save mode off or on also alters this variable. @end defvar +@defvar auto-save-list-file-name +This variable (if non-@code{nil}) specifies a file for recording the +names of all the auto-save files. Each time Emacs does auto-saving, it +writes into this file the names of all the auto-save files of all the +buffers that have auto-save enabled. If Emacs crashes, you can look in +this file to find all the auto-save files that might contain work that +was otherwise lost. The @code{multi-replace} command uses these files. + +The default name for this file is in your home directory and starts with +@samp{.saves-}. It also contains the Emacs process @sc{id} and the host +name. +@end defvar + @node Reverting @section Reverting