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14.5 Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
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Emacs saves all the visited files from time to time (based on counting
your keystrokes) without being asked.  This is called "auto-saving".
It prevents you from losing more than a limited amount of work if the
system crashes.

   When Emacs determines it is time for auto-saving, each buffer is
considered and is auto-saved if auto-saving is turned on for it and it
has changed since the last time it was auto-saved.  If any auto-saving
is done, the message `Auto-saving...' is displayed in the echo area
until auto-saving is finished.  Errors occurring during auto-saving are
caught so that they do not interfere with the execution of commands you
have been typing.

Files

Auto Save Files.

Control

Auto Save Control.

Recover

Recovering text from auto-save files.