Variable: auto-save-visited-file-name

auto-save-visited-file-name is a customizable variable defined in fileio.c.

This variable is obsolete since Emacs 26.1; use auto-save-visited-mode(var)/auto-save-visited-mode(fun) instead.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil says auto-save a buffer in the file it is visiting, when practical.

Normally auto-save files are written under other names.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 26.1.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/fileio.c
  DEFVAR_LISP ("auto-save-visited-file-name", Vauto_save_visited_file_name,
	       doc: /* Non-nil says auto-save a buffer in the file it is visiting, when practical.
Normally auto-save files are written under other names.  */);