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  Re: deleting files Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-29 08:44 -0500
    Re: deleting files Luuk <Luuk@invalid.lan> - 2011-01-29 15:45 +0100
      Re: deleting files "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-01-29 10:07 -0800
      Re: deleting files Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-29 10:40 -0500

#25515 — Re: deleting files

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.

-- 
Lew
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

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#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

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#26105

"Lew" <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote in message 
news:ii1cc6$93m$1@news.albasani.net...
> Luuk wrote:
>> Now you are imposing your definition of "junk" on me...
>>
>> lol
>
> Indeed. :-)
>
> I'm a universal acceptor when it comes to that definition.  The fact that 
> definitions vary accentuates the difficulty of making any assertion about 
> where junk can reside.

I know where I keep my junk, and I don’t want anything deleting it. 

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#26223

Luuk wrote:
> Now you are imposing your definition of "junk" on me...
>
> lol

Indeed. :-)

I'm a universal acceptor when it comes to that definition.  The fact that 
definitions vary accentuates the difficulty of making any assertion about 
where junk can reside.

-- 
Lew
Ceci n'est pas un paquet.

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