On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 at 4:08 PM, jdow wrote: >> From: "Marc M" <linuxr@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> > I have duplicate named files with tildes at the end. Example: >> > file1.txt and file1.txt~ >> > >> > Are they fragments or something left in RAM? What's the >> > differrence between them and the regular named file? I use >> > gedit and always close my files when I am done. Is the >> > filesystem creating that? Other than deleting them, what >> > can I do to not have them? You can safely delete them IF you don't need them for backup. >> This is the way some editors, such as vi, leave backup files >> when you edit a file. In gedit, you can turn off automatic backups by going to Edit | Preferences and unchecking the "Create a backup copy of files before saving" box. -- Henry
