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From: lrs@esl.UUCP (Lynn Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: A beginner needs some help.
Message-ID: <574@esl.UUCP>
Date: 7 Mar 88 15:14:57 GMT
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In-reply-to: msb@ho5cad.ATT.COM's message of 1 Mar 88 21:50:16 GMT

Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.44.12 of Mon Nov 16 1987 on esl (berkeley-unix)


>                  Is there a way of forcing Emacs to refrain from
> backup file creation, or if not, a method of automatic deletion upon
> exit? 

Set buffer-auto-save-file-name to nil. You may do this when
establishing the mode.  

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