Small Problem

Server Config
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Hi,

I am currently making a small php website on a server, I use the vi editor to edit some of files for small changes

However i notice that there are some php files which end with ~ sign i.e. index.php~

and when i try to open this file on the server.

http://localhost/index.php~

it don’t work. So i know that the main file is still index.php but it makes confusion for others so i want to remove all files which are ending with ~

Is there a way which can be done so that i don’t have to do it manually every time and all these files ending with ~ gets removed.

Thanks

usman

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rm -f *.*~

If you would like vim to stop creating backup files, read this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/607435/why-does-vim-save-files-with-a-extension

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Thanks Dan :),

Also just asking for knowledge. For this kind of thing, Can we solve this with .htaccess ??

Thanks

usmangt

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These files are created by your text editor, changing a web server’s configuration files is not going to change your text editor.

Maybe my post was misunderstood. I conveyed two pieces of information to you:

  1. How to delete all of the backup files (ending in ~) that vim creates when you edit a file.

  2. How to change the vim settings so that these files are not created in the future.

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Thanks again Dan, I understand your first reply as the two ways you told. the .htaccess question was for knowledge.

But your tips worked and which is great!!

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