Thus spake presentt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello all, > > I just wrote a really simple script and named it > helloworld.py. Inside was only: > > #!/usr/bin/env print "Hello, world" > > I used chmod to set the permissions, and ran it to see > what happened (I just started learning Python, if you > couldn't guess) > > Then, I typed ls in the directory to see what was there, > and I noticed a new file, namely helloworld.py~ . What is > that file (its contents are identicle to helloworld.py)? > Why the ~? > > Thanks a lot. I'm using Ubuntu Linux 5.04 (Hoary), and > wrote the script with gedit.
It doesn't have anything to do with Python. I'm pretty sure you'll find that the file is created by your editor as a backup or a running store of some kind. Try just editing a random non-python file with the same editor, and see if you find the same thing... Cheers, Aldo -- Aldo Cortesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nullcube.com Off: (02) 9283 1131 Mob: 0419 492 863 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
