Re: kept-old-versions doesn't get that nagging first backup~

[Emilio Lopes]

Luis Fernandes wrote:

> >>>>> "eliz" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

>     On 7 Mar 2001, Dan Jacobson wrote:

>     >> OK, but emacs lacks a mechanism to clean up that single
>     >> non-numbered backup, e.g., file.txt~

>     eliz> Does the Dired command `~' help?

> Yes, but in the local sub-directory only, not across my whole
> home-directory...which is why, I too, have:

> alias deb='find . -name "*~" -exec rm -f {} \;' #delete emacs backups

Off-topic, but anyway...

The following script removes old backup files down $PWD whose originals
do not exist anymore or were not modified since a given amount of time.
Use at your own risk!

clean-backups
Description: Bash version

clean-backups-zsh
Description: Zsh version