I have a directory of notes on my system.
When I enter ls -A, I see my regular files, plus some files prefixed with .~lock. and ended with #
For instance,
ls -A gives:
Compiling.odt .~lock.Compiling.odt#
Environment.odt .~lock.Scripting.odt#What are these files and what is their purpose?
1 Answer
It is a libreoffice / openoffice - specific file meant to tell other LO/OO instances that the file is opened in one instance.
From ask.libreoffice.org
@peterwt: The lock file is created when a document is opened and normally deleted when the document is closed. It's purpose is in a multi user environment to prevent more than one user to edit a document, which would create a problem. The first user to open the file will be able to edit the document but any subsequent users who open the document will be in read only mode.
