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Neal Weidenhofer
neal at denelvx.UUCP
Wed Apr 24 03:53:43 AEST 1985
> >
> > I recently found out that any filename begining with
> > '#' will be deleted upon logout. I tried it, and, sure enough, it works.
> > I haven't been able to find this mentioned in any docuemtation. Does anybody
> > know where to find it?
>
> Look at /usr/lib/crontab to find the entry causing the files to be deleted.
> Files with a '#' prefix are temporaries created by Pascal (on BSD systems).
> Whether anything else creates '#' files and why they aren't just placed in /tmp,
> I don't know.
> --
>
> Karl Ottenstein
> Michigan Technological University
> uucp: {lanl, ihnp4, glacier}!mtu!karl
> arpa/csnet: karl%mtu at csnet-relay
These files aren't deleted on our system (for which I'm grateful)
because emacs uses #<filename> to backup your file when you start editing
and ##<filename> to checkpoint it.
Regards,
Neal Weidenhofer
"Blame it on the Rolling Denelcor, Inc.
Stones" <hao|csu-cs|brl-bmd>!denelcor!neal
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