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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1996-04-03 05:55:12 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1996-04-03 05:55:12 +0000
commit8bc0f980f2d37f90f93b957479936ffb0d9dc5c8 (patch)
tree36eaecec3ac3cebfe1e67ad5ab302b8f10cc773a
parent60bf083dffd7b3db26d2473e934d59a891a2d625 (diff)
downloademacs-8bc0f980f2d37f90f93b957479936ffb0d9dc5c8.tar.gz
(file-newest-backup): Return the newest backup for the
exact file name specified, not the newest backup of all files whose names start with that substring.
-rw-r--r--lisp/files.el14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 584aef9f456..6839fcf27dc 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -2058,13 +2058,17 @@ saying what text to write."
(file (file-name-nondirectory filename))
(dir (file-name-directory filename))
(comp (file-name-all-completions file dir))
- newest)
+ (newest nil)
+ tem)
(while comp
- (setq file (concat dir (car comp))
+ (setq tem (car comp)
comp (cdr comp))
- (if (and (backup-file-name-p file)
- (or (null newest) (file-newer-than-file-p file newest)))
- (setq newest file)))
+ (cond ((and (backup-file-name-p tem)
+ (string= (file-name-sans-versions tem) file))
+ (setq tem (concat dir tem))
+ (if (or (null newest)
+ (file-newer-than-file-p tem newest))
+ (setq newest tem)))))
newest))
(defun rename-uniquely ()