I have noticed my disk has quite a few files (of very small size ) with a ~ tacked onto the file name.
For example email.txt~, and at the same time there would also be a email.txt file.
What are these and can I delete them?
Thank you.
On 2014-05-27 00:46, rih5342 wrote:
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> I have noticed my disk has quite a few files (of very small size ) with
> a ~ tacked onto the file name.
Backups.
They happen when you edit a file with some editors: the old version is
renamed with a ‘~’ at the end. In the WIndows world, it is typical to
use .bak.
Yes, of course you can delete them if you wish - unless you lost the
original file and want to recover the original one.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)