(auto-save-list-file-prefix): New variable.

(normal-top-level): Use it.

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index d7f7f55b5cb84fca0a162e965351a28c9cce4871..772d619f8893aff3530409670a0be58c38f9f481 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG environment variables.")
 (defvar user-mail-address nil
   "*Full mailing address of this user.")
 
+(defvar auto-save-list-file-prefix "~/.saves-"
+  "Prefix for generating auto-save-list-file-name.
+Emacs's pid and the system name will be appended to
+this prefix to create a unique file name.")
+
 (defvar init-file-debug nil)
 
 (defvar init-file-had-error nil)
@@ -274,10 +279,11 @@ specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG environment variables.")
                                    (or mail-host-address
                                        (system-name))))
     ;; Specify the file for recording all the auto save files of this session.
-    ;; This is used by multiple-recover.
+    ;; This is used by recover-session.
     (setq auto-save-list-file-name
          (expand-file-name
-          (format "~/.saves-%d-%s"
+          (format "%s%d-%s"
+                  auto-save-list-file-prefix
                   (emacs-pid)
                   (system-name))))
     (let ((menubar-bindings-done nil))