Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:45:32 +0100 From: Luuk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en_US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: deleting files References: <4d432037$0$23756$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <7pld18-0pr.ln1@luuk.invalid.lan> Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.101.116.74 X-Trace: 1296312328 news.xs4all.nl 81482 [::ffff:80.101.116.74]:58062 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25932 On 29-01-11 14:44, Lew wrote: > Lew wrote: >>> Tell me, is /home/lew/somefile.txt~ a junk file? (Hint: It's a backup >>> of an old version that the editor creates when I modify the file.) At >>> some point, it probably is, but it certainly isn't in a temporary >>> directory! > > Luuk wrote: >> This file is not a junk file, because you configured your editor to keep > > What an arrogant statement! I never did any such thing! > >> this backup-file. If you do not want it there, than reconfigure your >> editor, or choose another editor. > > Oh, so that will make it not a "junk" file? > > You are funny. > >> It all comes down to the definition of 'junk'-files > > I guess you imposed your definition of "junk" on me, huh? Snap! > > You have said nothing to prove or even indicate by evidence that you can > reliably find "junk" files (howsoever defined) only in temporary > directories (howsoever defined). In part that's because you can't. > > It is true that "junk" files (howsoever defined) can reside anywhere. > There is no guarantee or even hint that they will reside only in > temporary directories (howsoever defined). You made that up. > Now you are imposing your definition of "junk" on me... lol -- Luuk