Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.kpn.net!pfeed08.wxs.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:26:00 +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: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.101.116.74 X-Trace: 1296296755 news.xs4all.nl 81481 [::ffff:80.101.116.74]:50069 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25828 On 29-01-11 04:47, Lew wrote: > 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. I know someone who use to keep her 'treasure' documents in the TEMP folder.... ;) > > 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! > This file is not a junk file, because you configured your editor to keep this backup-file. If you do not want it there, than reconfigure your editor, or choose another editor. It all comes down to the definition of 'junk'-files -- Luuk