On Tuesday 21 February 2006 01:09 pm, John Jordan 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?
>
Have you looked in your /home/jjj/tmp folder (directory) ? There should
be some folders in it with some odd names. sv111.tmp and sv1fc.tmp are the
names of a couple of mine. You may be able to find something in them.
Have you tried Control+Z with this file open?
Dan
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