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author | Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com> | 2011-03-16 01:02:30 -0400 |
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committer | Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com> | 2011-03-16 01:05:36 -0400 |
commit | 8431e4b738dd031f9354f4c5b6ae76c8c80fcd71 (patch) | |
tree | 77f9865d1d6c19d0a21cadd15ed3b091b3a1f12b /gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page | |
parent | ffac2c81e4e8cef7d9ea0629d706905d8c061b16 (diff) | |
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[g-h]files: hidden and tilde... cleaned up a bit.
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page b/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page index cb2cad8..771d7ab 100644 --- a/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page +++ b/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#faq"/> <link type="seealso" xref="files-hidden"/> - <desc>Files with a "~" at the end of their name (e.g. <file>example.txt~</file>) are hidden files.</desc> + <desc>These are backup files. They are hidden by default.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-02-25" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> @@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ </info> -<title>What does it mean when a file has "~" in its name?</title> +<title>What is a file with a "~" at the end of its name?</title> -<p>Files with "~" at the end of their names (for example, <file>example.txt~</file>) are hidden files. They are often created automatically by applications as backup copies of documents. It is normally safe to delete them, but check before you do.</p> +<note> +<p>These files are hidden by default. You are able to view them because you either selected <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or pressed <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. You can hide them again by following those steps again. </p> +</note> +<p>Files with "~" at the end of their names (for example, <file>example.txt~</file>) are automatically created backup copies of documents edited in <app>Gedit</app>, the <gui>Gnome Text Editor</gui>, as well as other applications. It is normally safe to delete them, but there really is no need to. You can just click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> to hide them.</p> <p>These files are treated in the same way as normal hidden files. See <link xref="files-hidden"/> for advice on dealing with hidden files.</p> |