Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2010-03-11 2:14 PM, NoOp wrote:
The problem will occur regardless of which OS (Windows or Linux etc).
The issue is that, while OOo is saving your work every 5 minutes, it's
saving it in a /tmp or /Tempdir folder/directory.
Are you sure about this? I don't think that is correct, at least for
recent versions, because something changed that I actually complained about:
When you open a document now, a temp/working file is now created in the
*same locations as the document itself* (ie, not ion any OS temp dir -
which, incidentally, is how Microsoft Office has always worked), named
something like:
.~lock.docname.odt#
Or, if you are correct, then what the heck is the purpose of this file?
The file you're talking about is the lock file that protects against
multiple users updating the same file in conflict. As implemented, it
has to be in the same directory as the file it's protecting to make the
operating system's file system protection be sufficient. The recovery
file, however, stores the information needed to recreate any updates
since the file was last manually saved, and that can be anywhere. Same
with backup copies created at the time of a manual save, which allow you
to retreat to a former version of the file if necessary.
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