#pound-sign files# what are they?

I notice that when I stop a process, I sometimes get a file from it like this: #foo.txt# or #.foo. What are these? Are they safe to rm? Thanks in advance. Tom

Re: #pound-sign files# what are they?

Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I notice that when I stop a process, I sometimes get a file from it like this: #foo.txt# or #.foo. The #file# are Emacs autosave files. They appear when you are editing a file and haven't saved yet. They're deleted when you save or kill the buffer. (If

Re: #pound-sign files# what are they?

TS I notice that when I stop a process, I sometimes get a file from it like this: #foo.txt# or #.foo. TS What are these? Are they safe to rm? Usualy it is an auto-safe or backup file ( I don't remember exactly) from some editors: emacs, xemacs, jed and maybe some others. --