Backup remote files to local host

[Ian Eure]

I want to put backups of files I edit via Tramp on my local machine,  
rather than on the remote one, since I expect this to be a bit faster.

It seems to be non-trivial. I did (setq tramp-backup-directory-alist  
backup-directory-alist), but this still places the backups on the  
remote host. According to the docs:

"If a Tramp file is backed up, and DIRECTORY is a local file name, the  
backup directory is prepended with Tramp file name prefix (method,  
user, host) of file."

i.e. it won't do what I want. I suppose I could set myself up for  
password-less sudo and prepend the cdrs of backup-directory-alist with  
"/sudo:ieure@localhost:", but this seems like an extremely


How can I get the desired behavior?

 - Ian