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Re: deleting files

From	"Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: deleting files
Date	2011-01-28 20:19 -0800
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"Lew" <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote in message 
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> Luuk wrote:
>> Back to the original question, 'junk files' should only reside in
>> temporary folders, so you would not have to search them.. ;)
>
> Huh?
>
> "Junk" files will reside all over the place, whatever you believe should 
> happen.  Besides, one person's junk is another person's treasure.
>
> 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!

I wish it were -- there are few things as irritating as starting an Ant or 
maven build, going to lunch, and coming back to find that it died in two 
seconds, unable to clean a directory because VIM had its temp file open.

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Re: deleting files Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan> - 2011-01-28 21:57 +0100
  Re: deleting files Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-28 22:47 -0500
    Re: deleting files Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan> - 2011-01-29 11:26 +0100
    Re: deleting files "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-01-28 20:19 -0800
  Re: deleting files Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-01-29 13:53 -0800
  Re: deleting files "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-01-28 20:17 -0800

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