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From: seth@megad.UUCP (Seth H Zirin)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Auto-removal of #filename
Message-ID: <130@megad.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 10:23:30 EST
Article-I.D.: megad.130
Posted: Tue Apr 23 10:23:30 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Apr-85 01:01:09 EST
References: <428@usl.UUCP>
Organization: Megadata Corp., Bohemia, NY
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> Robert Walsh of USL writes:
> ---------------------------
> 	I recently found out that any filename begining with
> '#' will be deleted upon logout.  I tried it, and, sure enough, it works.
> I haven't been able to find this mentioned in any docuemtation.

I've never seen this service provided in the vanilla version of any of the
following editions of Unix: 

		V[67], 4.[12]BSD, SIII, SV.[12]

If you have the seashell (csh) you can "do it yourself" by putting the following
line in your $HOME/.logout file:

		find $HOME -name '#*' -exec /bin/rm -f '{}' ';'

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