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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000
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+/* backupfile.h -- declarations for making Emacs style backup file names
+ Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+/* When to make backup files. */
+enum backup_type
+{
+ /* Never make backups. */
+ none,
+
+ /* Make simple backups of every file. */
+ simple,
+
+ /* Make numbered backups of files that already have numbered backups,
+ and simple backups of the others. */
+ numbered_existing,
+
+ /* Make numbered backups of every file. */
+ numbered
+};
+
+extern enum backup_type backup_type;
+extern char *simple_backup_suffix;
+
+#ifdef __STDC__
+char *find_backup_file_name (char *file);
+#else
+char *find_backup_file_name ();
+#endif