what are #foo# files?

beliavsky_at_aol.com
Date: 05/17/04

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    Typing 'ls' in my home directory, I see a few files with names such as
    '#foo#'.
    I think they are junk and want to delete them, but 'rm #foo#' does not
    do this, and 'ls #*' lists ALL the files in the current directory.
    Could someone explain what files with names beginning and ending with
    '#' mean and how to deal with them? Thanks.

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