GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 310208
Backup files are not deleted
Last modified: 2005-07-13 11:31:49 UTC
Please describe the problem: I don't want to start a flame-war, so feel free to say that what I'm about to describe is a feature and not a bug. If I create a file, gedit also creates a backup file called filename~, which is fine, but as a user I don't know this, since Nautilus doesn't show files ending with ~ as default. I think it's fine that gedit creates this file but it doesn't have any use once gedit doesn't have the original file open any longer. I don't care about disk space or things like that, my problem is privacy. If I write something private in gedit, and later deletes the file, then I expect it to be deleted (which it isn't because the ~ file still exist). By the way, vim deletes unneeded backup files. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create a file in gedit containing something very personal. 2. Delete the file 3. Observe that the personal information is still on your hard disk, only the filename has a ~ appended. Actual results: Expected results: Does this happen every time? Other information:
you can turn it off in the preferences.
For some odd reason I missed that, sorry. I guess this bug can be closed then.