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in thread Perl, CGI, Emacs ~ files...

I believe this is correct.

Web Servers will usually crap out if they find a file in the cgi-bin that doesn't execute correctly

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Re^3: Perl, CGI, Emacs ~ files...
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 09, 2007 at 17:23 UTC
    Do you have any reason to believe there was an attempt to execute the backup files?
Re^3: Perl, CGI, Emacs ~ files...
by derby (Abbot) on Oct 09, 2007 at 17:45 UTC

    Web Servers will usually crap out if they find a file in the cgi-bin that doesn't execute correctly

    I hope you mean, *crap out* if the *specific* file is not executable. (Which is not the case with the OP).

    -derby