Re: .saves-{pid}-{machine} files

1999-09-27 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 1999-09-24 14:01:39 -0400, Alec Habig wrote: .saves-1074902-budoe.bu.edu This isn't the editor temporary file (this current editing session is mutt-1093277), but rather is a file which contains the names of the edited mail messages. The current one looks like These files are not

Re: .saves-{pid}-{machine} files

1999-09-26 Thread Alec Habig
Rich Lafferty writes: They're from emacs. They let multiple emacs processes know which files other ones are visiting, and 'steal' from each other if the user requests. Ok, makes sense. Dead emacsen will leave them around sometimes; I get one for each message I send - perhaps ^x^c to

Re: .saves-{pid}-{machine} files

1999-09-25 Thread Alex Kapranoff
On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 05:20:25PM -0400, Rich Lafferty wrote: I *do* see Mutt leaving files in /tmp all the time, however. They're from emacs. They let multiple emacs processes know which files I don't use emacs and have those files in /tmp too. They look like

Re: .saves-{pid}-{machine} files

1999-09-25 Thread Brian D. Winters
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:28:21AM +0400, Alex Kapranoff wrote: I don't use emacs and have those files in /tmp too. They look like mutt-kapran-{pid-of-mutt}-15. ~/.saves-* files are from emacs. /tmp/mutt-* files are from mutt. Brian

Re: .saves-{pid}-{machine} files

1999-09-24 Thread David DeSimone
Alec Habig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is mutt leaving files around in my home dir that look like: .saves-1074902-budoe.bu.edu I use Mutt extensively, and I have never seen a file like this created. Are you sure it's Mutt? It seems like some other utility. I *do* see Mutt leaving