It gets it from the same place. When it crashes however there is another file put there to indicate that the recovery process needs to be started. I'm not 100% sure of the details.
/paul On 2/22/06, John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22 Feb 2006, at 7:47, Paul wrote: > > > What backup's do is copy the currently open file to a different > > location. For instance I'm working on file AB.odt in directory > > c:\mydirectory\ ... If I've got backup's turned on and working it will > > save a copy to c:\[OOo install dir]\..\backup in case the original > > gets corrupted. I _think_ (someone may have to confirm this) that the > > backup's disappear once you've closed the open file however. > > > > Not too sure there is another way of retrieving your file sorry... > > I've never had a corrupted file. But I've often inadvertently deleted a file > or > overwritten it. Just about every program I've ever used that has an > automatic backup feature does it by always renaming the previously saved > file as the backup and then doing a new save. Thus you've always got the > old version in a backup folder. > > The way OO.o does it (assuming you're rght) is very dangerous. There is > no security whatsoever for accidents. > > Wait ... on occasion OO.o Writer has crashed on me. When I restart it it > always pops up a "retrieve" window. Where does it get that file from? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
