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[2003:df:70d:ab8:98e7:5dbc:2963:4ea0]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e9-20020a170906844900b009661484e84esm4192796ejy.191.2023.05.23.01.54.59 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 23 May 2023 01:55:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Original-From: Dr Rainer Woitok In-Reply-To: Msg <646c3199.170a0220.12d51.9eb2@mx.google.com> of 2023-05-23 11:09:28 +0800 from numbchild@gmail.com X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 28.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::631; envelope-from=rainer.woitok@gmail.com; helo=mail-ej1-x631.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.091, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:143711 Archived-At: Christopher, On Tuesday, 2023-05-23 11:09:28 +0800, you wrote: > Recently I found in my user home directory, has lot of files named like: > ... > /Users/stardiviner/#%2Ascratch%2A#UKK9EL# Not a real solution, but: The ASCII character at 0x2a is "*". And a running Emacs definitely has a buffer "*scratch*" open. Personally I have never seen Emacs autosav- ing it, but who knows. Perhaps the contents of these files could give you some hint where they originate from ... Sincerely, Rainer