Re: Delete Auto Save Files doesn't always work

[Michael Albinus]

"Bielawski, Richard G." <address@hidden> writes:

Hi,

> Delete Auto Save Files doesn't work right for ange-ftp files.
>
> Both problems are fairly simple to recreate.  #2 causes me hardship.
>
> (1)
> After opening a remote file using ange-ftp make a change and wait for 
> an auto-save to take place.  Then kill the buffer without saving. The 
> documentation says the auto-save file will NOT be deleted but it IS.
> I'm not bothered by this but I noticed it and so I'm reporting it.
>
> (2)
> After opening a remote file using ange-ftp make a change and wait for 
> an auto-save to take place.  Then kill Emacs.  When it asks to save
> the buffer first, answer No.  As documented, the auto-save file is NOT 
> deleted.  So far so good.
>
> Now restart Emacs and open the same file.  Note the warning about 
> auto-save data.  Again, good.  Ignore it, make a change and wait for 
> the file to auto-save.  Now save your change and close the file.
> The auto-save file is NOT deleted and never will be hereafter.
> The problem this causes is, because our host is dumb and can't respond
> to MDTM, every time the file is open a warning occurs
> your_file.src has auto save data; consider M-x recover-this-file

I don't believe that it is because of mdtm. In my case, the FTP server
understands it, but I have the same behaviour.

What is your value of `ange-ftp-auto-save' (I guess 0)? Does it help
to change it to 1?

But if my guess is right, you shouldn't have an autosave file at all...

Best regards, Michael.