I am writing a novel and, while backing up, I noticed that three of the
chapters have a second file by the same name but starting with ".~lock."
I have worked out that when you are working on a file, this ".~lock."
version of it appears, presumably to stop two users from editing it at the
same time. However, I have just turned my computer on, and there is no
reason to have locked files as neither I nor anyone else is actually working
on those files.
QUESTION 1
Why is this so? (is it a bug?)
QUESTION 2
Can I delete these redundant locked file entries, i.e. the ones with
filename starting with: ".~lock."? (without losing data?);
- or -
will the ".~lock." entries simply go away when I next access the files by
the same name?
I would be much obliged for any advice on this matter.
Many thanks, James.
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