So you opened up file "A", made changes, then 'accidentally' did a save.
Now you want the version of "A" to be in your backup's prior to the changes you made. Unfortunately it won't be there. When you hit 'save' it wrote your changes to the file named "A" (I think in your case it was titled : Ex_Chapt_12.odt). What backup's do is copy the currently open file to a different location. For instance I'm working on file AB.odt in directory c:\mydirectory\ ... If I've got backup's turned on and working it will save a copy to c:\[OOo install dir]\..\backup in case the original gets corrupted. I _think_ (someone may have to confirm this) that the backup's disappear once you've closed the open file however. Not too sure there is another way of retrieving your file sorry... /paul On 2/22/06, John Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OO.o 1.9-something, Ubuntu-64 Breezy. > > K, I screwed up just now. I opened a homework file for Chapter 12 of the > textbook we are using in one of my classes (Ex_Chapt_12.odt), intending > to use it as a template to start doing the homework for Chapter 13. I > deleted all but the first page information, intending to do a Save As under > the name Ex_Chapt_13. But without thinking I hit Ctrl-s. Oops! > > "No problem," I thought. "I know this thing is making automatic backups all > the time, because sometimes it interrupts me while I am typing. I'll just go > get the backup file." I assumed that every time I did a Save it deleted the > old backup file, then renamed the previously saved copy as the new > backup. So I carefully did a Save As of the open document to > Ex_Chapt_13.odt, then opened the file manager to look for the backup file. > Nothing. Nada. Not there. According to Options the backup files are > supposed to be in /home/jjj/.openoffice.org2/backups. The folder is there, > but it is empty. > > I searched the entire disk from the root forward for Ex_Chapt_12*.*. No > backup files. All I found was the newly saved version. > > Evidently automatic backup doesn't automatically make backups. What > does it actually do? As far as I can tell it does nothing at all. And can > someone tell me if there is any way to retrieve the old version of this file? > And what can I do to prevent this sort of thing from happening again? This > setup is very dangerous. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
