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Prevent gedit from creating files with the '~' suffix
I've noticed that every time i edit or in anyway modify a .txt, .php, .html, .doc etc file, after I save it, an extra file gets created that has the same name as the original file except that it has an extra '~' after its extension.
For example: 'index.html~' , 'name.php~'
What are these extra files? Is it safe to delete them? Is it possible to stop them from appearing at all?
