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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="files#faq"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="files-hidden"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-09-28" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Phil Bull</name>

      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>David King</name>

      <email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>These are backup files. They are hidden by default.</desc>

  </info>

<title>What is a file with a <file>~</file> at the end of its name?</title>

  
Files with a <file>~</file> at the end of their names (for example,

  <file>example.txt~</file>) are automatically created backup copies of

  documents edited in the <app>gedit</app> text editor or other applications.

  It is safe to delete them, but there is no harm to leave them on your

  computer.

  
These files are hidden by default. If you are seeing them, that is because

  you either selected <gui>Show Hidden Files</gui> (in the view options menu

  of the <app>Files</app> toolbar) or pressed

  <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. You can hide them again by

  repeating either of these steps.

  
These files are treated in the same way as normal hidden files. See

  <link xref="files-hidden"/> for advice on dealing with hidden files.

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