Re: backup method

[Luc Teirlinck]

Han Boetes wrote:

   Perhaps it's also an idea to disable backups altogether if the
   file is in /tmp

Is this not already the case?  From `(elisp)Making Backups':

 -- Variable: backup-enable-predicate
     This variable's value is a function to be called on certain
     occasions to decide whether a file should have backup files.  The
     function receives one argument, an absolute file name to consider.
     If the function returns `nil', backups are disabled for that
     file.  Otherwise, the other variables in this section say whether
     and how to make backups.

     The default value is `normal-backup-enable-predicate', which checks
     for files in `temporary-file-directory' and
     `small-temporary-file-directory'.

`temporary-file-directory' is "/tmp/" by default.

Sincerely,

Luc.