topic Re: tilde file -(~*) in Operating System - HP-UX

tilde file -(~*)

Sheng Jin — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 17:03:28 GMT

I am using HP10.20. In some directory, if a file is re-saved, a tilde file (backup copy) will automatically be created while in other directory this is not the case. How to setup a directory to do these different things?

Thanks in advance.

Re: tilde file -(~*)

John Palmer — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 17:16:39 GMT

Hi,

This is not a standard feature of HP-UX. It must be a feature of the application that you are running.

Regards,
John

Re: tilde file -(~*)

Dan Hetzel — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 17:25:39 GMT

Hi,

What editor are you using?
It's most probably a feature of the program, surely not the O/S

Best regards,

Dan

Re: tilde file -(~*)

Gregory Fruth — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 18:01:20 GMT

The editor "emacs" saves the old version of the file being edited
with a ~ suffix. By default, it won't make backups of files in /tmp
or its subdirectories.

Re: tilde file -(~*)

Sheng Jin — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 19:32:54 GMT

Thanks for all the inputs. It must be my application as you said in the replies. I re-save files using BT-BASIC. There is no emacs in my system but good to know what it can do.