I originally had three files: makefile, readme.txt, and hashtable.c in my directory, where I am writing my code in emacs. I noticed that some new files: #hashtable.c#, #readme.txt#, hashtable.c~, and makefile~ have been created. I was wondering what these files were. Are these important, and if not, how do I tell emacs to stop making them? I'm also curious why readme.txt doesn't get a tilde file and makefile doesn't get a sharp file.
What are #file# and file~ and how can I get rid of them?
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I recommend installing no-littering. It automatically puts backup files (file~) in ~/.emacs.d/var/backup/. It doesn't do anything about autosaves (#file#), but there is a note about putting those files in a specified directory in the README:
(setq auto-save-file-name-transforms
`((".*" ,(no-littering-expand-var-file-name "auto-save/") t)))
Neither of these things actually prevents Emacs from creating these files, but I'm assuming most people actually want these files (in case of a crash), but don't want them strewn all over the filesystem.
Maybe you could try:
find . -name \\#*\\# | xargs rm
Warning: this will remove those files matching in subdirectories.
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