Re: What's your favourite *under_publicized* editing feature ofEmacs?

[PJ Weisberg]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Todd Wylie <todd@monkeybytes.org> wrote:
> I find it simplest to consolidate backups to a single directory:
>
> ;; universal directory
> (setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.emacs.d/AUTOSAVE/")))
>
> and periodically expunge them manually, simply by opening the directory in 
> dired, type '~', and flush them in one go.
>
> Best, T

I do the same, but I have a cron job that deletes them after a month
or so without my intervention.

-PJ