Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:8765 gnu.emacs:3362 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!lamont!fritzz From: fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs Subject: backup files in EMACS, linked files Keywords: GNU EMACS Message-ID: <2620@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> Date: 26 Jul 90 17:52:02 GMT Organization: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory N.Y. Lines: 9 If I am editing a file, which has a link to it (I am talking about UNIX ln) and I save it, then the link is to the backup file (file~) insteed to the file (file) itself. I can imaging, how this happens, but I would still prefer it the other way round. Is there a way to get this? Thanks Fritz