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On 22/08/24 11:05AM, Jack wrote: |
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> Checking here for any ideas or suggestions before I report as a KDE bug. |
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> I have my KDE Plasma desktop set to show my ~/Desktop folder. Two days ago, |
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> I created a script.pl Perl script in that folder. (No, I don't generally do |
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> work in that folder, but I just needed a quick script to deal with a file I |
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> had just downloaded there.) After editing that file in emacs, a script.pl~ |
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> also showed up on the Desktop. However, so did a file #script.pl#, and |
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> actually I now have three files showing that name. The original and the |
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> emacs backup also show up in Dolphin and an "ls" command in a terminal. |
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> None of the "#" files do, however, which is expected, as there are transient |
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> working files only during an active emacs session. |
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> Trying to edit one (double click) from the desktop opens an empty file, and |
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> right clicking and selecting Properties shows the correct info as of when |
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> the file actually existed - but if I ask for any checksums, they show up as |
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> blank fields. |
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> I've looked, and have not found any relevant bug on the KDE bugzilla. (As |
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> it's not likely a Gentoo bug, I don't see any point in filing at b.g.o.) |
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> Has anyone else noticed this? Can anyone else reproduce it? |
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> Thanks for any feedback. |
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> |
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> Jack |
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I'm fairly sure this isn't a bug, the files exits, and are just empty, |
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as they show both in Dolphin and using ls. |
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script.pl~ is an Emacs backup file, it's created automatically and won't |
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be removed. It was created by Emacs when the original file was still |
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empty. |
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#script.pl# is an Emacs auto-saved file, which was also saved when the |
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buffer was empty. "auto-saves happen every 300 keystrokes, or after |
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around 30 seconds of idle time", from manual, so you probably left the |
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empty buffer for more than 30 seconds, but the script was shorter than |
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300 characters, so it only auto saved the empty file. |
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Those file exist on your system, they are just empty. That's why the |
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dates are correct. You can simply delete them if you want. |
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Those resources might be useful: |
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https://stackoverflow.com/a/12031838 |
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https://stackoverflow.com/a/18330742 |
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In particular you can disable backup files, if you don't care or use git |
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for example. |
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Regards, |
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mmokulus |
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