Re: [newbie] Got a question...
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:57, 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-x1 timh timh 142 Jul 15 10:53 aftp*
> -rwxr-xr-x1 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
I believe that they are just backups made automatically by your text editor,
whenever you save. That way, you have something to go back to if you mess
your file up.
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Re: [newbie] Got a question...
* Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010716 01:20]: > Well does anybody know how to turn it off in vim? I've checked the > .viminfo and I can't see anything in there. And there's no .vimrc or > .virc. Anybody have a clue? > tdh In .vimrc: set nobk If you don't have one, you should be able to find a sample one in: /usr/share/vim/vimrc (in Mdk 8.0). -- Jan Wilson, SysAdmin _/*]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corozal Junior College | |:' corozal.com corozal.bz Corozal Town, Belize | /' chetumal.com & linux.bz Reg. Linux user #151611 |_/ Network, SQL, Perl, HTML
Re: [newbie] Got a question...
Well does anybody know how to turn it off in vim? I've checked the .viminfo and I can't see anything in there. And there's no .vimrc or .virc. Anybody have a clue? tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Real Men Us Vi!" Uptime: 2:25AM up 1 day, 4:16, 5 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 | This is a common feature in text editors. In Kedit, for example, this can be | toggled in its preferences by (un)checking the box "Make backup when saving a | file". | | | On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 01:10, Michael D. Viron wrote: | > 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 -- Your Fortune LSD melts in your mind, not in your hand.
Re: [newbie] Got a question...
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-x1 timh timh 142 Jul 15 10:53 aftp*
>-rwxr-xr-x1 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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>T. Holmes
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