1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index d7f7f55b5cb..772d619f889 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG environment variables.")
 (defvar user-mail-address nil
   "*Full mailing address of this user.")
 
+(defvar auto-save-list-file-prefix "~/.saves-"
+  "Prefix for generating auto-save-list-file-name.
+Emacs's pid and the system name will be appended to
+this prefix to create a unique file name.")
+
 (defvar init-file-debug nil)
 
 (defvar init-file-had-error nil)
@@ -274,10 +279,11 @@ specified by the LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG environment variables.")
                                     (or mail-host-address
                                         (system-name))))
     ;; Specify the file for recording all the auto save files of this session.
-    ;; This is used by multiple-recover.
+    ;; This is used by recover-session.
     (setq auto-save-list-file-name
           (expand-file-name
-           (format "~/.saves-%d-%s"
+           (format "%s%d-%s"
+                   auto-save-list-file-prefix
                    (emacs-pid)
                    (system-name))))
     (let ((menubar-bindings-done nil))