On 13-Jan-2009, at 08:15, Patrick Woolsey wrote:
>
> "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.
My issue is not with the save to the WebDAV. My issue is with
BBEdit's complete and utter failure to write the backup file. It says
it does this *before* so that should not have been an issue. Instead
I get a backup file that is 40+ minutes old.
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