On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 07:41:29PM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Dave Peticolas wrote:
> > > > > Now, those .xac files - are they the previous data file, or are
> > > > > they written in parallel with the main file? (Or copied after the
> > > > > main file is written?)
> > > >
> > > > They are written immediately after the main file is written.
> > >
> > > So, if I have (only) a main file and start to edit it, are you
> > > saying that at the end, I have two copies of the modified file and
> > > NO copies of the original?
> >
> > Furthermore, while the main file is being written, there is no valid
> > copy of the data? Surely at least the backup files should be written
> > _before_ the main file is modified.
>
> You would still have the backup file that was created *last time*.
Only if you KNOW to save it.
>From the user's perspective "rm XX.*" is certainly the intutive thing to do.
Since the program reads all the data into memory and doesn't write it until
you ask, mos users would expect the original input file to be preserved since
that is the way most programs do it.
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