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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index 9cce40b6017..b907449edb3 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ the name it is linked to.") ;;; Turn off backup files on VMS since it has version numbers. (defconst make-backup-files (not (eq system-type 'vax-vms)) - "*Create a backup of each file when it is saved for the first time. + "*Non-nil means make a backup of a file the first time it is saved. This can be done by renaming the file or by copying. Renaming means that Emacs renames the existing file so that it is a |