Thanks Dennis, I did not know that.
I usually have had to do a "recover" after a crash from the "backup" or the "previous backup" in the same directory as the original ".ddb" file, and in fact I have had to do that at least twice in the last week with this board, which is probably why I am in "paranoid mode" to begin with. I will look into that, because that would mean a great deal of "time saved" in some instances, if I did not have to go all of the way back to a previous "backup" to recover the database. Thanks again, JaMi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] KLUNK! - Whats wrong with this picture. > operating in paranoid mode is generally a good thing when so much work > hangs in the air > > to allay your fears somewhat, and you may know this well, a set of up to > ten incrementing timed auto save backups may be written to a > separate folder which by default is an SE subfolder > > these are independent of and in addition to the backups that are made in > the local directory each time you push the save button and i have found > them to very useful on occasion > > even a trashed DDB (which, knock on wood, we have not yet had) can be > reasonably well reconstructed using these > > i have found that even when the program is crashed, depending on the > crash mode, it generally will faithfully keep making these timed backups > > just wait out the 10 minutes or however long you have it set for BEFORE > terminating the TASK > > they have saved us a few times and are a thoughtful feature of protel > > the settings are in the ARROW menu preferences, autosave button > > Dennis Saputelli > ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 7BA82E7D0ABC5749A4DB05FB0887FAC83EA68721 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
