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authorTiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com>2011-03-16 01:02:30 -0400
committerTiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com>2011-03-16 01:05:36 -0400
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[g-h]files: hidden and tilde... cleaned up a bit.
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<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>