Preventing the creation of backup files when using :if-exists :new-version

I've noticed that CMUCL (I'm running it on debian) creates
backup
files (i.e., tilde suffix copies, similar to the Emacs
default
behavior when saving a file) when I write to a file output
stream with
the :if-exists :new-version parameters.

Is there a way to turn this off?

"Denis Papathanasiou" <denis.papathanasiougmail.com> writes:

> I've noticed that CMUCL (I'm running it on debian)
creates backup
> files (i.e., tilde suffix copies, similar to the Emacs
default
> behavior when saving a file) when I write to a file
output stream with
> the :if-exists :new-version parameters.
>
> Is there a way to turn this off?


Yes, if you don't want NEW VERSIONS, don't use :NEW-VERSION
!


Use  :IF-EXISTS :SUPERSEDE instead!


-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                     http://www.informatimag
o.com/

NOTE: The most fundamental particles in this product are
held
together by a "gluing" force about which little is
currently known
and whose adhesive power can therefore not be permanently
guaranteed.

> Use  :IF-EXISTS :SUPERSEDE instead!

Ah, thanks for clarifying that; I was looking in the wrong
place (I
thought it would be controlled by a global variable, e.g.
something
akin to *print-pretty*).

And actually, I'd been avoiding :supersede in that context
b/c of this
article: http://prettyclos
e.livejournal.com/