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From: paul@ixi.uucp (Paul Davey)
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Subject: Re: backup files in EMACS, linked files
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Date: 7 Aug 90 15:54:17 GMT
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In-Reply-To: tale@cs.rpi.edu's message of 26 Jul 90 22:28:50 GMT

In article <JB3$$T@rpi.edu> tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes:

   (setq backup-by-copying t)

This question and problem seem to be fairly common, I would suspect
that many (most?) people use this mode. Perhaps it should be the
default?

Rather than waste bandwidth if you feel strongly one way or the other
mail me and I'll summarize.

	Paul

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