presentt wrote: > 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. > > ~~Ted Present >
As others have said, this is a feature of gedit. It can make a backup copy of the previous version as you save, and can also automatically save periodically (default seems to be 10 minutes). From the menus, choose: Edit -> Preferences and see the section marked File Saving. Steve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
