this---saving them---updates the files themselves.
@vindex auto-save-list-file-prefix
- Emacs records information about interrupted sessions for later
-recovery in files named @file{.saves-@var{pid}-@var{hostname}} in the
-directory @file{~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/}. This directory is
-determined by the variable @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix}. If you
-set @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix} to @code{nil}, sessions are not
+ Emacs records information about interrupted sessions in files named
+@file{.saves-@var{pid}-@var{hostname}} in the directory
+@file{~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/}. This directory is determined by
+the variable @code{auto-save-list-file-prefix}. If you set
+@code{auto-save-list-file-prefix} to @code{nil}, sessions are not
recorded for recovery.
@node File Aliases