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Index of Subjects On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Michael Smith wrote: > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Christopher Majka wrote: > > > Also, I'm ashamed to say I can't recall what the purpose of the *.html~ > > files is. They seem to linger for inordinate periods of time these days. > > Yes, they're backups created the first time a file is initiated into RCS, > but I don't think any of the cronjobs deletes them. I believe they are created every time a file is edited online or reinstalled in an IP site. At least that is the way they used to be. I'm not sure if they are created at the start of the edit or end of it, but they were the previous version of the file in the case of editing. I suspect you may be right that there is no current job to delete them. There used to be one, it ran about every 48 hours as I recall, but I suspect it didn't make the transition from previous-generation-phoenix to halifax. We have been getting complaints about three or four times a year. Having said that, it would seem a trivial script to implement (find all ~ files, if older than oldest of owner's current sessions then delete) Ed Dyer aa146@chebucto.ns.ca (902) H 826-7496 CCN Postmaster http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa146/ W 426-4894 CSuite Technical Workshop Religion Page Editor, Chebucto Community Network http://www.chebucto.ns.ca
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