Re: tramp (2.0.39); backup file naming error (%backup% resulted)

[Michael Albinus]

Peter Woo <address@hidden> writes:

> So, rather than using the workaround, which ends up having "~"
> suffixed backups all over the places, is it possible to enable tramp
> to use absolute path backup dir?

I did the following test:

(add-to-list 'backup-directory-alist
             (cons tramp-file-name-regexp "/tmp"))

Playing with "/sudo:address@hidden:/home/albinus/123" on my host gave
me a backup file "/tmp/!sudo:address@hidden:!home!albinus!123.~1~".
Would this be sufficient for you?

> Many thanks,
> P.

Best regards, Michael.