what is the difference between group and group-

[Robert Locke]

On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 10:21 -0700, Sean Murphy wrote:
> In /etc what is the difference between "group" and "group-"?
> 

There are two types of backups.

One is where the file name has a "~" appended to it's name.  This is
done by text editors like gedit in the Gnome desktop.

The one you are asking about is where a "-" is appended to it's name and
this is also a backup, but, I believe, this backup is created by the
various User/Group Management tools, like useradd, groupadd,
system-config-users, etc.

HTH,

--Rob