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From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org>
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Subject: Re: Save copy of file in another directory
Date: 06 Dec 2001 19:09:47 +0900
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>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <e...@is.elta.co.il> writes:

    Eli> Eric Hobsbawm wrote:

    >> I want to set up emacs so when I save a file in my home
    >> directory (C:\eric) I also want to save a copy on the other
    >> drive (D:\Backup\eric).

    Eli> This is much easier in Emacs 21.1.  There, you can set up a
    Eli> single variable to the name "D:/Backup/eric", and all the
    Eli> backup files go into that directory.

Er, if I understand Eric correctly, he wants something slightly
different -- he wants a "mirror" of the current version.  Unless Emacs
21 has changed the usage of "backup", that directory will contain old
versions, not the current one.

He also wants a mirror of the directory structure.

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