GNU bug report logs - #29440
Tramp put drive_c in the backup file name when backuping in local PC/windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Shuguang Sun <shuguang <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:27:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 29440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 29440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, shuguang <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#29440: Tramp put drive_c in the backup file name when
 backuping in local PC/windows
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:20:23 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: shuguang <at> gmail.com,  29440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:23:34 +0100
> 
> >> With your example, this produces
> >>
> >>   "c:/Users/lb01177/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/backup/plink!!albinus <at> 192.168.178.30!!!home!albinus!tmp!123"
> >>
> >> Or maybe prepend a slashe before calling subst-char-in-string?  That
> >> would produce
> >>
> >>   "c:/Users/lb01177/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/backup/!plink!!albinus <at> 192.168.178.30!!!home!albinus!tmp!123"
> >>
> >> WDYT?
> >
> > I'd prefer the second variant. It makes it more obvious where the file
> > name is transformed from, keeping the leading slash.
> 
> I'm a little bit undecided. Do you want, that *I* apply the patch?

I already installed it.
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