From 560f4415ad5ffe8f59b366e1ae0e62bfa1655dee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Heuer Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 20:45:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (file-precious-flag): Doc fix. --- lisp/files.el | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index baf99dbe35d..634d54b09bf 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ If the buffer is visiting a new file, the value is nil.") (defconst file-precious-flag nil "*Non-nil means protect against I/O errors while saving files. -Some modes set this non-nil in particular buffers.") +Some modes set this non-nil in particular buffers. +Note that this forces backups to be made by copying. +Yet, at the same time, saving a precious file +breaks any hard links between it and other files.") (defvar version-control nil "*Control use of version numbers for backup files. -- 2.39.2