From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 15:44:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Doc auto-save-list-file-name. X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~4193 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9589417cd45ff2c75023bc28888b517a564a66d3;p=emacs.git Doc auto-save-list-file-name. --- diff --git a/lispref/backups.texi b/lispref/backups.texi index 7944b7361b2..ec1980957e2 100644 --- a/lispref/backups.texi +++ b/lispref/backups.texi @@ -549,6 +549,19 @@ stores a positive value in this variable, thus reenabling auto-save. Turning auto-save mode off or on also alters this variable. @end defvar +@defvar auto-save-list-file-name +This variable (if non-@code{nil}) specifies a file for recording the +names of all the auto-save files. Each time Emacs does auto-saving, it +writes into this file the names of all the auto-save files of all the +buffers that have auto-save enabled. If Emacs crashes, you can look in +this file to find all the auto-save files that might contain work that +was otherwise lost. The @code{multi-replace} command uses these files. + +The default name for this file is in your home directory and starts with +@samp{.saves-}. It also contains the Emacs process @sc{id} and the host +name. +@end defvar + @node Reverting @section Reverting