Re: Changing .bak suffix

Kevin Atkinson <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:24:33 -0700 (MST)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.aspell.user
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Michael Hoffman wrote:

> Is it possible to change the backup suffix from ".bak" to "~" somehow? I 
> believe this would fit better with other GNU programs which use that suffix 
> (and coreutils ls which can hide things ending in "~" with --ignore-backups).

Unfortunately no.  The ".bak" comes from how Ispell does it.  It should 
probably be an option.

If you care enough about it file a feature request or even better a patch.