tilde file -(~*)

[Sheng Jin]

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.

[John Palmer]

Hi,

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

Regards,
John

[Dan Hetzel]

Hi,

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

Best regards,

Dan

[Gregory Fruth]

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.

[Sheng Jin]

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.