For example when editing various data files, the backup data is no use and actually trips up our tools. So I’d like to be able to disable backup for files containing a regexp in the name.
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For example when editing various data files, the backup data is no use and actually trips up our tools. So I’d like to be able to disable backup for files containing a regexp in the name.
justinhj
I hate to simply reference other online resources for questions like these, but this appears to be a perfect fit for your needs.
http://anirudhs.chaosnet.org/blog/2005.01.21.html
Once you’ve setup what’s described on that page, you could just add this to your
.emacsor.emacs.d/init.elfile depending on your version of emacs:Where
\\.ext1$,\\.ext2$, etc. are the regular expressions that match the filenames you don’t want backups for.