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#'s in file names

From: Roberto Zini <fred@strhold.it>
Subject: Re: What does # mean in filenames?
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 12:00:46 +0100
References: <95hkeo$fk3$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
<G87q8y.o1L@wjv.com> 

Bill Vermillion wrote:
> 
> In article <95hkeo$fk3$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,  <drose25@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >Our SCO system appears to have a lot of seemingly duplicated files with
> ># signs in their names.  Example:
> 
> >temp
> >temp#
> >temp##
> >
> >and so on.
> >
> >What are these?  Can I get rid of them?
> 
> As I recall these are backups/older versions.  Sometimes they are
> identical, other times they are not.
> 

These files get created when you perform a software/system
verify by making use of the custom command and force the
system to fix any discrepancies found; the trailing "#"
characters simply inform you that file was changed during
that procedure (eg, "temp" is the actual file and it should
be the good one - well, according to the internal database -
while "temp#" and "temp##" are old copies of the same files BUT
with incorrect ownerships/permissions/symlinks). 

The system just adds a trailing "#" to give you the ability to 
tell/examine/inspect the differences between the old and the new file.

Best,
Roberto
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