Make last-resort backup file in .emacs.d (Bug#6953).

* lisp/files.el (backup-buffer): Make last-resort backup file in
.emacs.d.

* lisp/subr.el (locate-user-emacs-file): If .emacs.d does not exist,
make it with permission 700.

* doc/emacs/files.texi (Backup Names): Document the new location of the
last-resort backup file.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 4825f08979f..d1e5beb7384 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-15  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+        * files.texi (Backup Names): Document the new location of the
+        last-resort backup file.
+
 2011-01-08  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
         * files.texi (File Aliases): Move directory-abbrev-alist doc from Lisp
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 530c2bb94f7..b16549450e4 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ another from the newly saved contents if you save again.
 appending @samp{~} to the file name being edited; thus, the backup
 file for @file{eval.c} would be @file{eval.c~}.
 
-  If access control stops Emacs from writing backup files under the usual
-names, it writes the backup file as @file{%backup%~} in your home
-directory.  Only one such file can exist, so only the most recently
-made such backup is available.
+  If access control stops Emacs from writing backup files under the
+usual names, it writes the backup file as @file{~/.emacs.d/%backup%~}.
+Only one such file can exist, so only the most recently made such
+backup is available.
 
   Emacs can also make @dfn{numbered backup files}.  Numbered backup
 file names contain @samp{.~}, the number, and another @samp{~} after