Georg Baum schrieb:
FYI: The file is saved correctly. Afterwards, a dialog pops up that
states that no backup could be created (which does not make sense
because the backup directory mentioned does exist).
That is a known problem. I sometimes get this, too, but not always, and I
don't know the reason.
In the code below, we have to check whether the file actually exists
before copying it.
Michael
bool Buffer::save() const
{
...
// make a backup
string s;
if (lyxrc.make_backup) {
s = fileName() + '~';
if (!lyxrc.backupdir_path.empty())
s = addName(lyxrc.backupdir_path,
subst(os::internal_path(s),'/','!'));
try {
fs::copy_file(fileName(), s, false);
}
catch (fs::filesystem_error const & fe) {
Alert::error(_("Backup failure"),
bformat(_("LyX was not able to make
a backup copy in %1$s.\n"
"Please
check if the directory exists and is write
able."),
from_utf8(fs::path(s).branch_path().native_directory_string())));
}
}
...
}
