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Strange(?) files
Hi!

I have noticed a quite large number if files named something
like .#lk0x80c<number><myhostname><number> in my ~/.gnupg
directory. Permissions for some files are -rw-r--r-- and for
some files -rw-r-----. Fore some of them root are the group owner,
and for some of them I am. Strange!

I assume they are lockfiles left when I ctrl-c running gpg's.
Do they have to be kept for so long time, and couldn't there be a way to
remove the lockfiles on ctrl-c?

ps. These files are not listed under 'files' in the man page.

/Johan Lundberg

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Re: Strange(?) files [ In reply to ]
On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Johan Lundberg wrote:

> like .#lk0x80c<number><myhostname><number> in my ~/.gnupg

These files are temporary files used to create lock files. They
Should be removed by the dotlock function. MAybe there is some
problem there.

Filesnamed ".#*" are considered temporary and on some systems they
will be removed by a cronjob from time to time.


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