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From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: A beginner needs some help.
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Date: 29 Feb 88 16:39:16 GMT
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In article <428@zehntel.UUCP> larryg@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Larry Gillespie) writes:
>Is there a way of forcing Emacs to refrain from backup file creation...

Add the following to your ~/.emacs:

(setq make-backup-files nil)
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 Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science
 The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
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