-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Bill Harris <[email protected]> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > ljedi at comcast.net writes: > > > Thanks for all your help, everyone -- I tried all of your suggestions, > > but no luck. I am quite thrilled to know of some of these options, > > however. > > When all else fails, what about using a search program to look for > myfile* across your entire filesystem, assuming your original was > myfile.sla? It may indeed be gone, but that should find it if it's > there. > > Windows has Start -> Search, and *nix (and thus OS X and Cygwin) have > `find`. > > Here's a thought for the future, although it might not have helped in > your case: store your files in a revision control system. .sla files > are plain text, so that should work well. I know subversion and cvs > have advantages, but I currently use Windows, and I've been quite happy > with the free CS-RCS > (http://www.componentsoftware.com/Products/RCS/download.htm). It won't > save you if the system crashes, but it can help when your client says, > "I liked last week's version better" (or when I make changes that turn > out to be unfortunate and want to go back a revision or two). > > Bill
Already tried it -- not there, alas. Thanks, L
