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[Karl Ottenstein]

> 
> 	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.  Does anybody 
> know where to find it?

Look at /usr/lib/crontab to find the entry causing the files to be deleted.
Files with a '#' prefix are temporaries created by Pascal (on BSD systems).
Whether anything else creates '#' files and why they aren't just placed in /tmp,
I don't know.
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		Karl Ottenstein
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