On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 10:45:02PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > these are socket files created by programs that make use of so-called > unix domain sockets -- nothing to worry about :) MC identifies this file > type with a leading "=" and color black (at least in its default > configuration). The "s" at the beginning of the permissions-string also > stands for socket.
Could you tell me what these unix domain sockets are for. What is their job in the system? > > If you wonder which program created them, you might try to deduce it > from the file name (e.g. "=mysql.sock" would hint you to the Mysql-deamon). > As to whether you can delete them: this depends on whether they are still > in use by some program. You can usually delete socket files older than > the last reboot of the machine -- if you feel better then ;-) > these were left over by processes that can no longer be running... > > > > And returning to the second part of my earlier message. I don't use emacs. > > So where do these files come from? > > Not only emacs, but also many other editors, have the file naming convention > of appending a "~" for backup files. > So can I say that all file that end with '~' are backup files. Are these files sililar to temporary files that winshit creats? Thanks for your explanations, QBA
