Saving a buffer in Emacs means writing its contents back into the file that was visited in the buffer.
| • Save Commands: | Commands for saving files. | |
| • Backup: | How Emacs saves the old version of your file. | |
| • Customize Save: | Customizing the saving of files. | |
| • Interlocking: | How Emacs protects against simultaneous editing of one file by two users. | |
| • Shadowing: | Copying files to "shadows" automatically. | |
| • Time Stamps: | Emacs can update time stamps on saved files. |