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1 /* backupfile.h -- declarations for making Emacs style backup file names
2 Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* When to make backup files. */
19 enum backup_type
21 /* Never make backups. */
22 none,
24 /* Make simple backups of every file. */
25 simple,
27 /* Make numbered backups of files that already have numbered backups,
28 and simple backups of the others. */
29 numbered_existing,
31 /* Make numbered backups of every file. */
32 numbered
35 extern enum backup_type backup_type;
36 extern char *simple_backup_suffix;
38 #ifdef __STDC__
39 char *find_backup_file_name (const char *file);
40 #else
41 char *find_backup_file_name ();
42 #endif