Re: the ~ files

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 24 Apr, homega@vlc.servicom.es wrote about "Re: the ~ files"
> Khalid EZZARAOUI dixit:
> ~> 
> ~> I would like to know if it is possible to delete all file ending by the
> ~> symbol ~
> ~> with the command without risk :
> ~>         rm -R *~
> ~> I have more and more of them every day.
> 
> I guess it is (just guess).  If you use vim you can tell the editor not
> to do any backup files (.vimrc).
> 
> Horacio

Or if you are using (x)emacs you get these as well.  I have the
following in my .emacs file, it puts all the ~ backup files in one
directory and thus can easily be managed.  Of course it doesn't help
for files of the same name in different directories.

(defun make-backup-file-name (file)
  (concat "/home/servis/Emacs_Bak/" (file-name-nondirectory file) "~"))
;         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
;         change to your own preference
(defun backup-file-name-p (file)
  (string-match "\\~$" file))


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Brian 
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