[lug] gpg temp files?

[Michael J. Pedersen]

On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 11:37:32AM -0700, D. Stimits wrote:
> I generated a gpg key, and the ~/.gnupg/ directory now contains the
> obvious keys, but also pubring.gpg~. Is the version with the tilde on
> the end a temp file that can be cleaned out?

Yes, it is. Basically, when you import a key, it actually does a copy step
before importing, in case something goes wrong with the import step.

-- 
Michael J. Pedersen
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