Re: /tmp directory

[QBA <jakbyto@kki.net.pl>]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 10:45:02PM +0200, e.pfeifer@science-computing.de wrote:
> 
> these are socket files created by programs that make use of so-called
> unix domain sockets -- nothing to worry about :) MC identifies this file
> type with a leading "=" and color black (at least in its default
> configuration). The "s" at the beginning of the permissions-string also
> stands for socket.

Could you tell me what these unix domain sockets are for. What is their
job in the system?
> 
> If you wonder which program created them, you might try to deduce it
> from the file name (e.g. "=mysql.sock" would hint you to the Mysql-deamon).
> As to whether you can delete them: this depends on whether they are still
> in use by some program. You can usually delete socket files older than
> the last reboot of the machine -- if you feel better then ;-)
> these were left over by processes that can no longer be running...
> 
> 
> > And returning to the second part of my earlier message. I don't use emacs.
> > So where do these files come from?
> 
> Not only emacs, but also many other editors, have the file naming convention
> of appending a "~" for backup files.
> 
So can I say that all file that end with '~' are backup files.
Are these files sililar to temporary files that winshit creats?
Thanks for your explanations,

QBA