Those are backup files generated by some text editores like vim or kate. You can easily created a script to delete them. This has nothing do to with Apache AFAIK. -- Mário On 9/25/05, Kevin O'Neil <kevinslair@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > I am kind of new to apache. > I have Apache/2.0.46 Linux WS 3 (Red Hat) Server PHP Version 4.3.2 > > I am confused and bewildered that some files in the /html have an extra file > with ~ on the end. > I am unsure what this means or how to stop it. I used an example on my site > and was dismayed that it downloaded the file: filename.php~ and displayed > all the Preprocessor information including my Database user information. > > How can I secure this so that all files that end with ~ do not show > preprocessor information and display as if it was called as a regular php > page? > > Thank you, > Kevin > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx