From: Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup failure w/ LyX 1.5.2
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:37:28 +0000 (UTC)
Dave Hewitt writes:
> >So you're saying you have timed backups set and, even with a valid backup
> >path and having the document open past the time limit, you're not getting
> >a backup file?
>
> Correct. Could this have something to do with the odd path that was given
> in the error message? LyX thought I wanted backups in 'backup' directory
> (which didn't exist), but the error message says:
>
> "Cannot create backup file: C:/Program Files/LyX 1.5.2/backup/C:!Documents
> and Settings!dhewitt!Desktop!newfile1.lyx~. Please check..."
This is a bug. LyX should not use a filename containing ':' on Windows.
The backup fails because the filename is invalid.
Please, report it at http://bugzilla.lyx.org/
--
Enrico
I was away for a couple days... apologies for the delay.
Yes, Paul, the backup directory is still set as C:\Program Files\LyX
1.5.2\backup, and the backups now fail silently without error messages.
Enrico, I'm wondering whether the backup file path and name were just a
function of the folder not having been there, rather than a true bug in the
path that LyX was using. Obviously that's a developer question and I don't
have a clue. This relates to my answer to Paul - since I have no error
messages anymore, I don't know what path is being used. If you think that
LyX is still using that erred path, I can enter it in Bugzilla.
I will note that Uwe sent me an offline note that I needed to wipe off the
LyX User Preferences as well before reinstalling with the small installer.
I did not do that before, but am about to uninstall again and then
reinstall. If the backup thing changes for the better (meaning that
something in my User Preferences that were retained were at fault), I'll
post about it.
Thanks for all the help,
Dave Hewitt
