Re: Changing the name of my computer

From: Paul Morgan (paulswm_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/10/04

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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:12:14 -0500

    On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:25:34 +0000, Tendril wrote:

    >
    > Now I get all the same files as before come up except with ~ at the end.
    > What does the ~ mean? I tried to edit these files but was informed that the
    > 'buffer is read only'
    >

    If you look at the man page for the editor you were using, you'll probably
    find that filename~ is the prior version of filename. 

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....................paul
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