Variable: file-preserve-symlinks-on-save

file-preserve-symlinks-on-save is a customizable variable defined in files.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, saving a buffer visited via a symlink won't overwrite the symlink.

This is only relevant if file-precious-flag is non-nil -- if this is nil, Emacs will preserve the symlinks anyway.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 28.1.

View in manual

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 28.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/files.el.gz
(defcustom file-preserve-symlinks-on-save nil
  "If non-nil, saving a buffer visited via a symlink won't overwrite the symlink.
This is only relevant if `file-precious-flag' is non-nil -- if
this is nil, Emacs will preserve the symlinks anyway."
  :type 'boolean
  :version "28.1"
  :group 'files)