Re: #filename#

[Mike Werner <reznaeous@earthlink.net>]

On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 03:35:55PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> I created a C file with gcc, then I tried to remove it, but what it
> shows is
> #primo.c#      HP            desktop   kernel-2.13  log.002
> AdobeFnt.lst   communicator  game.001  lilo.ps      nsmail
> tony@debian_arc:~$
> My questions:
> 1.What does it mean, #file#?

That's most likely an Emacs/XEmacs auto-save file.  Usually they are
automatically removed when Emacs/XEmacs exits or when the file is
manually saved.  But sometimes they stick around and must be manually
removed.

> 2. How do I remove it?

rm #*# has always done it for me.
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