Re: [Gnu-arch-users] What's the difference bitween 'junk' and 'backup' ?

[Tez Kamihira]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:15:07 -0400, Aaron Bentley <address@hidden> said:
> 
> The docs in the default =tagging-method are pretty good:
> 
>  [...]
> 
> So the difference between backup and junk is that junk files are 
> considered "safe to clobber", and may be overwritten or deleted at any time.
> 

Thanks. Yes, sure. I've read it, too. But I'm not still clear.

What part of specific source code does correspond to "safe to clobber" ?
What is the concrete meaning of "safe to clobber" ?

Trivial question ?


     - Tez