tilde files ~
Marc M
linuxr at gmail.com
Fri Feb 18 22:04:59 UTC 2005
Ok, thanks guys, that helps to get an explanation. And yes I will
google next time but really had no idea since I thought it was a
filesystem issue or something. Glad it's nothing serious.
:)
Cheers
Marc
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:24:39 -0500, Deron Meranda
<deron.meranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:08:29 -0800, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > From: "Marc M" <linuxr at gmail.com>
> > This is the way some editors, such as vi, leave backup files when you
> > edit a file.
>
> I believe emacs started the practice of tilde-backups...and it can
> even do numbered tilde backups too ;)
>
> Having editors save them or not depends on the editor. As you
> said you're using gedit, go to File -> Preferences. Under the
> Editor tab is a File Saving section. Uncheck the
> "Create a backup copy of files before saving".
>
> Do be warned though that this can make you less safe. For
> instance if your disk fills when you're halfway writing a new
> file.
>
> Under emacs, look at the customization variable version-control.
> Or do a help on the save-buffer command (Control-H d save-buffer)
>
> --
> Deron Meranda
>
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