stupid question

[Adrian Walters <adrian na dhs org>]

when i use emacs to edit a file it creates a backup file with the same
name and a '~' at the end of it. the original file is the one with the
'~'. my question now is, is there anywasy to force emacs to create more
files with '~' at the end. say for instance i do:

emacs test, edit that file and then save it. i will now have test & test~.

if i do this again i will have test & test~, is there anyway to have emacs
create a additional ~ files so i will have test, test~, test~~ and so
forth for each time the file is opened changed and resaved?