Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:4447 gnu.emacs:96 gnu.emacs.bug:116 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!steiner From: steiner@topaz.rutgers.edu (Dave Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs,gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: symbolic links & GNU Emacs Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 88 02:01:24 GMT References: <444@mfgfoc.uucp> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 22 Cc: steiner In article <444@mfgfoc.uucp> exodus@mfgfoc.uucp (Greg Onufer) writes: > From article , by gaynor@porthos.rutgers.edu (Silver): > > I got burned by breaking a symbolic link chain, by the way GNU Emacs saves > > files. I edited a link, not realizing that it wasn't the file I had intended > > to edit. [...] > On page 87 of my GnuEmacs manual (Section 15.3.1.3), a variable named > "backup-by-copying-when-linked" is described. I think you should have > a look at it. (RTFM) This is not a case of RTFM but is an actual bug. I reported it about a week ago and gave a solution. rms sent me mail saying it's already fixed but in a better way than the way I did it. The problem is the behavour with links is different when you have file-precious-flag set to t or not. ds -- arpa: Steiner@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU uucp: ...{ames, cbosgd, harvard, moss}!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!steiner