Mercurial > emacs
changeset 16614:895dc357b9a2
(backup-buffer): Doc fix.
| author | Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 06 Dec 1996 23:29:47 +0000 |
| parents | 5c681a822a49 |
| children | b7d112b5969f |
| files | lisp/files.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/files.el Fri Dec 06 23:21:53 1996 +0000 +++ b/lisp/files.el Fri Dec 06 23:29:47 1996 +0000 @@ -1564,7 +1564,11 @@ This is normally done before saving the buffer the first time. If the value is non-nil, it is the result of `file-modes' on the original file; this means that the caller, after saving the buffer, should change -the modes of the new file to agree with the old modes." +the modes of the new file to agree with the old modes. + +A backup may be done by renaming or by copying; see documentation of +variable `make-backup-files'. If it's done by renaming, then the file is +no longer accessible under its old name." (if (and make-backup-files (not backup-inhibited) (not buffer-backed-up) (file-exists-p buffer-file-name)