Variable: auto-save-list-file-prefix

auto-save-list-file-prefix is a customizable variable defined in startup.el.gz.

Value

"~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-"

Documentation

Prefix for generating auto-save-list-file-name.

This is used after reading your init file to initialize auto-save-list-file-name, by appending Emacs's pid and the system name, if you have not already set auto-save-list-file-name yourself. Directories in the prefix will be created if necessary. Set this to nil if you want to prevent auto-save-list-file-name from being initialized.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/startup.el.gz
(defcustom auto-save-list-file-prefix
  (cond ((eq system-type 'ms-dos)
	 ;; MS-DOS cannot have initial dot, and allows only 8.3 names
	 (concat user-emacs-directory "auto-save.list/_s"))
	(t
	 (concat user-emacs-directory "auto-save-list/.saves-")))
  "Prefix for generating `auto-save-list-file-name'.
This is used after reading your init file to initialize
`auto-save-list-file-name', by appending Emacs's pid and the system name,
if you have not already set `auto-save-list-file-name' yourself.
Directories in the prefix will be created if necessary.
Set this to nil if you want to prevent `auto-save-list-file-name'
from being initialized."
  :initialize #'custom-initialize-delay
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Don't record a session's auto save list" nil)
		 string)
  :group 'auto-save)