Emacs: Don't create #these# files when not saving modified buffer

Question

How do I prevent Emacs from creating backup copies of buffers I don\'t wish to save when I kill buffers that have not been saved?

Answer 1

I would advice you to use something like:

(defvar backup-dir "~/.emacs.d/backups/")
(setq backup-directory-alist (list (cons "." backup-dir)))

This way you can have all backup files in one directory.