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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 23033@debbugs.gnu.org, mgsloan@gmail.com
Subject: bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 08:34:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735pru9o9.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmki3UEdh1oUfU+NtfHQvWiz9meqJLxeUwt2BKHqAFvavQ@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:31:38 -0700")

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

>> And these swap files serve the same purpose as our lock files?
>
> No idea.  They are created when I start editing a file.

Perhaps they're combined auto-save and lock files?  

> I guess for a casual user the effect is the same, because all they will
> notice is what I did: a file pops up when you start editing.

Yup.

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-26  6:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-16 21:35 bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking Michael Sloan
2016-03-19  2:09 ` Glenn Morris
2019-11-08  5:00   ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08  6:17     ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-08 13:29       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 14:03         ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 14:31           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 13:24     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 14:10       ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 19:19         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09  6:17         ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-09  7:45           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09  9:12             ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-09  9:24               ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 23:37                 ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-14  9:17                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-16 23:23                     ` Michael Sloan
2021-09-25  0:06                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  1:49                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  2:10                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  2:27                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  2:59                         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  3:05                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  3:45                             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26  5:28                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26  6:31                                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26  6:34                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-09-26  7:17                                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26  8:24                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-26  8:37                                         ` Andreas Schwab
2022-04-18 11:30                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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