+ assign_string (&before_backup_name, file_name);
+
+ /* A run situation may exist between Emacs or other GNU programs trying to
+ make a backup for the same file simultaneously. If theoretically
+ possible, real problems are unlikely. Doing any better would require a
+ convention, GNU-wide, for all programs doing backups. */
+
+ assign_string (&after_backup_name, 0);
+