Re: gEDA-user: gschem, howto prevent generation of .sch~ backup files?

[Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx>]

I opened a feature request on the bug tracker for this topic, so I would 
suggest that all comments about implementation options and 'druthers be 
appended to that entry so that the developers can find them easily.

-dave

Steven Michalske wrote:
> I never liked a distro cleaning /tmp on boot, i always preferred
> cleaning /tmp on shutdown.
> 
> or at least tagging it on clean shutdown. and only deleting it on
> reboot if the tag is there.
> 
> i propose having the ability to configure the path for the backup
> files.  this way the default ./ can be changed to anything you want.
> ./tmp
> ~/tmp
> ./.backups
> ./.SMA    ( Save My A$$ )
> 
> and everyone can be happy.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> On Dec 3, 2007 11:12 AM, Nathan Kohagen <nwk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Dave N6NZ said the following on 11/29/2007 06:56 PM:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>> It may be possible to add an option not to make them though -- please file a
>>>> feature request.
>>> The OP suggested eliminating them.  But while I agree with the OP that
>>> they are obnoxious, I agree with you that they should exist.  I will
>>> file a feature request to make them unobstrusive.
>>>
>>> -dave
>> Emacs and XEmacs allow one to specify where the backup files go. I think
>> a good place for backup files is ~/tmp (a directory in my home
>> directory). This directory will survive reboots unlike /tmp which for
>> many people gets cleared during boot as other people have mentioned.
>>
>> --Nathan
>>
>>
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