"le...@gmail" <[email protected]> sez: [...] >Well, I was editing a file off a WebDAV location and when I went to >save it, the computer hung-up. Evidently the network had become >unavailable/unstable at some point and everything got very confused. >The Finder never did come back, and I ended up rebooting. However, >BBEdit *thought* it had successfully saved the file. I quit BBedit >before I noticed anything was wrong. > >However, BBedit did not, in fact, write a backup BEFORE it saved. The >backup file was a copy of the original file I had opened off the >webdav with none of the changes, and was time-stamped the same as the >original file on the WebDAV. > >Now, BBEdit did not crash. In fact, BBEdit never even reported an >error. Searching the logs in /var/logs/ /Library/Logs/ and ~/Library/ >Logs/ I find nothing at all about bbedit. So, why was the backup file >not made *before* saving? Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior? >(Yes, I am bccing support)
If BBEdit didn't report an error, that's because the system didn't return any errors in response to the save attempts, and when the machine's in a state where filesystem calls silently fail, there's not much to be done. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com> P.O. Box 1048, Bedford, MA 01730-1048 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
