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From: Alexander Baier <lexi.baier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: org-indent-mode corrupted most of a big org file
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:53:11 +0100
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To: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
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Hello Nick,

On 13-12-03 18:43 Nick Dokos wrote:
[...]
>
> The docstring for backup-directory-alist says
>
> ,----
> | For the common case of all backups going into one directory, the alist
> | should contain a single element pairing "." with the appropriate
> | directory name.
> `----
>
> FWIW, I tried
>
>  (setq backup-directory-alist '(("." . "/home/nick/.emacs.d/backup-dir")))
>
> and it seems to work. I don't remember if I had to create the backup-dir
> beforehand.
>
> Nick
>

I used to set up backup-directory-alist the same way you have, but
changed it, when I noticed emacs putting backups of files I edited as
root into that directory.  That was something I did not want to do.

Regards,
-- 
 Alexander Baier