<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" dir="ltr" text="#000000"> Brian Mury wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1118311473.5967.9.camel@localhost.localdomain" type="cite" dir="ltr"> <pre wrap="">On Thu, 2005-09-06 at 13:55 +0900, Mark Sargent wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">when opening files with either gedit(hardly use it) or bluefish(use it regularly), making changes, and saving, they create a 2nd file, same name, with a ~ appended. This means duplicate files. How can I get the apps to stop doing this.? Cheers. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Those aren't duplicate files, they are backups. When you save a file the original is saved as a backup in case you need to undo your changes. </pre> </blockquote> I think it's also got to a locking mechanism.. </body> </html>