Variable: delete-auto-save-files

delete-auto-save-files is a customizable variable defined in buffer.c.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil means delete auto-save file when a buffer is saved.

This is the default. If nil, auto-save file deletion is inhibited.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 17.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/buffer.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("delete-auto-save-files", delete_auto_save_files,
	       doc: /* Non-nil means delete auto-save file when a buffer is saved.
This is the default.  If nil, auto-save file deletion is inhibited.  */);