BAK~ File Documentation

Overview

Feature Value
File Extension .bak~
Description AbiWord Auto-Saved Document
Primary Association Text Documents
Developed by Abisource Community
File Type Category Backup Files
Backup Type Automatic
Recovery Options Manual recovery through renaming
Editor Software AbiWord
File Identification By file extension and content header
Encryption Not by default
Compression Not typically
Character Encoding Depends on document settings
Creation Automatically by AbiWord during document editing
Usage Temporary document backup
MIME Type application/x-abiword
Storage Location Same as original document, with .bak~ extension
Importance High for document recovery
Update Frequency Regular intervals during document editing
File Format Structure Binary or Text, depending on original
Accessibility Users must manually rename file to original extension to access