Quoting David DeSimone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) from Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 03:35:53PM -0500:
> Alec Habig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Why is mutt leaving files around in my home dir that look like:
> >
> > .saves-1074902-budoe.bu.edu
>
> I use Mutt extensively, and I have never seen a file like this created.
> Are you sure it's Mutt? It seems like some other utility.
>
> I *do* see Mutt leaving files in /tmp all the time, however.
They're from emacs. They let multiple emacs processes know which files
other ones are visiting, and 'steal' from each other if the user
requests. Dead emacsen will leave them around sometimes; if there
isn't an emacs running with the pid (in your case, 1074902, but that's
probably a smaller number!) in the filename, they can be deleted.
-Rich
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