bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> Much?  I'd say no.  It changes a little, in most cases, e.g.:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 skangas skangas      0 2021-09-25 02:02 .#foo#
> -rw-r--r-- 1 skangas skangas     19 2021-09-25 03:33 foo
> -rw-r--r-- 1 skangas skangas      0 2021-09-25 02:02 foob
> -rw-r--r-- 1 skangas skangas      0 2021-09-25 02:01 foobar
> -rw-r--r-- 1 skangas skangas      0 2021-09-25 02:00 .#foo.lock
>
> I guess this starts to matter more when you have a ton of files named
> fooXXX.

Ah, I see.  Well, perhaps adding a "#" at the end is the best fix here,
then, although it looks rather similar to the #auto-save# files then,
which might confuse people...

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