@node Backup Names
@subsubsection Single or Numbered Backups
+@cindex backup file names
+@cindex names of backup files
+@cindex @file{~}, in names of backup files
+@cindex tilde (@file{~}) at end of backup file name
When Emacs makes a backup file, its name is normally constructed by
appending @samp{~} to the file name being edited; thus, the backup
file for @file{eval.c} would be @file{eval.c~}.
+@cindex @file{~/.emacs.d/%backup%~}
If access control stops Emacs from writing backup files under the
usual names, it writes the backup file as @file{~/.emacs.d/%backup%~}.
Only one such file can exist, so only the most recently made such