I would strongly suggest giving the folders numeric names in the yyyymmdd format (e.g. 20080929) then you will be easily able to find the latest.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: 29 September 2008 12:34 To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Backup folder in Frame 7.0? And building on that, you can, occasionally, convert them into a snapshot backup directory. Just move the files to a date-stamped directory of your choice: /project/August_10/ /project/August_20/ /project/August_30/ As you reopen and save files in FM, the .backup.fms are created again, so you have both a collection of last-saved files and incremental backup directories. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded grl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Jack Molisani wrote: >> I like that FM can make a backup copy of files, but I don't like the >> backup files cluttering up the same folder as the source files. >> >> Is there any way to specify where FrameMaker 7.0 should create the >> backup files? > The "backup" files aren't really backups. Once you understand what > they actually are it will become clear that they can only exist in the > same directory as the working source files. > > The "backup" are actually the last saved version of the file but with > a new, secondary filename extension. When you select the "Automatic > backup on save" option, all that FrameMaker does when you do a Save is > rename the previous version of the file with a .bak extenstion rather > than flagging it for deletion by the OS. The "backup" is therefore > always one save behind the working file unless you go to the extra > trouble of making FrameMaker let you do two consecutive saves. If you > save frequenty, the differences between the .bak and the workng file > may not be major, but the .bak will *always* lack the last set of > saved changes. > > -Fred Ridder > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gma > il.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as peter at galley.ie. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/peter%40galley.ie Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
