Your message dated Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:37:26 +0000 with message-id <19991016213725.A805@faure> and subject line Bug#2155: Autostart executes backup files (file~) has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Stephan Kulow (administrator, KDE bugs database) Received: (at submit) by bugs.kde.org; 16 Oct 1999 20:06:45 +0000 From ssb22@cam.ac.uk Sat Oct 16 22:06:45 1999 Received: from red.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.70]:55188 "EHLO red.csi.cam.ac.uk") by max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de with ESMTP id ; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 22:06:24 +0200 Received: from ssb22.joh.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.142.162] ident=root) by red.csi.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 11ca5v-0000gq-00 for submit@bugs.kde.org; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:06:23 +0100 Received: (from ssb22@localhost) by ssb22.joh.cam.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) id VAA23392; Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:06:29 +0100 From: "Silas S. Brown" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:06:29 +0100 (BST) To: submit@bugs.kde.org Subject: Autostart executes backup files (file~) X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14344.55772.339900.880730@ssb22.joh.cam.ac.uk> Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;submit@bugs.kde.org Package: kfm Version: 1.167.2.11 Would it be possible for kfm to avoid executing the backup files (ie. files ending ~) in Autostart? Emacs will make backup files whenever you edit something, and if you forget about this then you'll get two (or more) instances of it starting next time you log in. On my system, I modified the 'kde' shell script to remove all ~ files, but that's a bit draconian (ignoring them would be better). Best wishes, Silas -- Silas S Brown, St John's College Cambridge UK http://epona.ucam.org/~ssb22 "Earth itself has been given into the hand of the wicked one" - Job 9:24