Tim,
This looks like what happens when you edit something in Joe--it
automatically creates a copy of the file being edited as filename~. This
is basically a backup file, and it will stick around until you delete it.
I seem to remember reading that there is a way to turn it off in one of
joe's config files, but can't remember which one.
Michael
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At 10:57 AM 07/15/2001 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote:
>Maybe somebody can shed some light on this subject.
>
>I write a lot of scripts, and I go back and revise them as well. Well I
>keep noticing files that have a ~ at the end of the file. For example,
>one of the first scripts I tested when learning expect.
>
>[timh@r2d2 bin]$ ls -la aftp*
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 timh timh 142 Jul 15 10:53 aftp*
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 timh timh 142 Jul 1 19:45 aftp~*
>
>But the files are the same.
>
>[timh@r2d2 bin]$ diff aftp aftp~
>
>They both look like this.
>
>[timh@r2d2 bin]$ cat aftp
>#!/usr/bin/expect
>log_user 0
>proc domainname {} {
> set file [open /etc/resolv.conf r]
> while {[gets $file buf] != -1} {
> if {[scan $buf "domain %s" name] ==1} {
> close $file
> return $name
> }
> }
> close $file
> error "No domain declaration in /etc/resolv.conf"
>}
>spawn ftp $argv
>expect "Name"
>send "anonymous\r"
>expect "Password:"
>send "anon@[domainname]\r"
>log_user 1
>interact
>
>But as soon as I edit it, then close it out, there's a "temp" file there
>and it always ends in ~. What's this all about? How long do these files
>stick around? I've often just gone and removed them, but now I'm real
>curious as to what's the point of them.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>tdh
>
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