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Thank you for LibreCad. I spent a whole day working on a file called "Equipment Staging.dxf". As I was saving the file (hitting the save button above) I saw that I was working from a "#Equipment Staging.dxf~". When I was finished, I exported the file as a .jpg so that my boss can see, and I closed out of my file. I look to re-open the file, and "Equipment Staging.dxf" is the old original file and "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" is still in the directory (with my changes). I cannot open "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" without getting a permissions error. Please please help. I need my work! Thank you again for your help. |
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Hello Coriwright, On 2012-07-03 20:38, Coriwright [via LibreCAD] wrote:> Hello people > > I spent a whole day working on a file called "Equipment Staging.dxf". > As I was saving the file (hitting the save button above) I saw that I > was working from a "#Equipment Staging.dxf~". When I was finished, I > exported the file as a .jpg so that my boss can see, and I closed out of > my file. I look to re-open the file, and "Equipment Staging.dxf" is the > old original file and "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" is still in the > directory (with my changes). I cannot open "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" > without getting a permissions error. Please please help. I need my work! > - Please, tell us the following information: - Version of LibreCAD you use. - Operating system on which LibreCAD is running. - Details about what you have done to get this behaviour. - Notes: - LibreCAD "DXF" filename that have a '#' prefix is a recovery file. - LibreCAD "DXF" filename that have a '~' suffix (".dxf~") is an auto-backup file. - Remarks: - Never edit a "recovery file", neither an "auto-backup" file. - Remark: Really can not understand how you can make LibreCAD to create a file that is both a "recovery file" and an "auto-backup" file !?!? This is almost impossible to me, since recovery file and auto-backup file are too completely different things. Claude |
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Claude,
Thank you so much for your reply so soon! I really appreciate it. I'm using LibreCad 1.0.2 I have a Windows 7 operating system As I was working on my file, I periodically used the disk icon to save my work. I noticed that I was originally working from a folder on our file server at work. I started working on that file yesterday and there are several versions of the file with # hash tags in the beginning of the file depending when the latest version of the file is. The latest version of my file saved locally on my desktop. However, that is the finished product and it is the #Equipment Staging.dxf~ file that I cannot open. Perhaps I got confused as to which directory (from the file server or from my desktop) I was working on as one is supposed to be a mirror of the other (working with the file is much quicker when on my desktop). I am really not sure why I have a back up and recovery file. As I was saving the file it looked like another "recovery" file was being created. Is there a way I can restore my #Equipment Staging.dxf~ file to a format that I can open and save again? Thanks again for your help. -- CorinneRW |
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On 03/07/12 10:17 PM, Coriwright [via LibreCAD] wrote:> > > As I was working on my file, I periodically used the disk icon to save > my work. I noticed that I was originally working from a folder on our > file server at work. I started working on that file yesterday and > there are several versions of the file with # hash tags in the > beginning of the file depending when the latest version of the file > is. > - Normally, there is only one recovery file, and that recovery file is removed automatically when you save your drawing. Basically, two things can make a recovery file still exist after LibreCAD was closed. 1) Computer power lost, operating system crash, or LibreCAD crash. 2) Exiting LibreCAD without saving the change you made to your drawing. So, I do not understand how come you can have many recovery files, if you was always saving you drawing regularly. > > The latest version of my file saved locally on my desktop. > However, that is the finished product and it is the #Equipment > Staging.dxf~ file that I cannot open. > > Perhaps I got confused as to which directory (from the file server or > from my desktop) I was working on as one is supposed to be a mirror of > the other (working with the file is much quicker when on my desktop). > > I am really not sure why I have a back up and recovery file. As I was > saving the file it looked like another "recovery" file was being > created. Is there a way I can restore my #Equipment Staging.dxf~ file > to a format that I can open and save again? > - Well, recovery file and auto-backup file are just a "copy" of your drawing file at a certain point in time. So, to recover a drawing file from a recovery file or a backup file, you have only to make a copy of that file, using a different name. In your case, you can copy "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" as "Equipment Staging.dxf", or "Equipment Staging Test.dxf" if "Equipment Staging.dxf" already exist. Claude |
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Claude,
Thank you so much for your help. I initially tried to copy and paste but it only gave me "#Equipment Staging.dxf.dxf~" Then I opened up PowerShell and copied using the cp function cp "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" EquipmentNew.dxf The new file opened up beautifully...with all my work from the past few days. Thank you so much again for your help. On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:13 AM, ClaudeQC [via LibreCAD] <[hidden email]> wrote: > > On 03/07/12 10:17 PM, Coriwright [via LibreCAD] wrote:> > > > > > As I was working on my file, I periodically used the disk icon to save > > my work. I noticed that I was originally working from a folder on our > > file server at work. I started working on that file yesterday and > > there are several versions of the file with # hash tags in the > > beginning of the file depending when the latest version of the file > > is. > > > > - Normally, there is only one recovery file, and that recovery > file is removed automatically when you save your drawing. > Basically, two things can make a recovery file still exist > after LibreCAD was closed. > > 1) Computer power lost, operating system crash, or > LibreCAD crash. > > 2) Exiting LibreCAD without saving the change you > made to your drawing. > > So, I do not understand how come you can have many recovery files, > if you was always saving you drawing regularly. > > > > > > The latest version of my file saved locally on my desktop. > > However, that is the finished product and it is the #Equipment > > Staging.dxf~ file that I cannot open. > > > > Perhaps I got confused as to which directory (from the file server or > > from my desktop) I was working on as one is supposed to be a mirror of > > the other (working with the file is much quicker when on my desktop). > > > > I am really not sure why I have a back up and recovery file. As I was > > saving the file it looked like another "recovery" file was being > > created. Is there a way I can restore my #Equipment Staging.dxf~ file > > to a format that I can open and save again? > > > > - Well, recovery file and auto-backup file are just a "copy" > of your drawing file at a certain point in time. > So, to recover a drawing file from a recovery file or a > backup file, you have only to make a copy of that file, > using a different name. > In your case, you can copy "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" as > "Equipment Staging.dxf", or "Equipment Staging Test.dxf" > if "Equipment Staging.dxf" already exist. > > > Claude > > > > > > > ________________________________ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://forum.librecad.org/dxf-file-temporary-file-tp5706840p5706843.html > To unsubscribe from .dxf~ file (temporary file), click here. > NAML -- Corinne R. Wright |
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On 05/07/12 02:40 PM, Coriwright [via LibreCAD] wrote: > > I initially tried to copy and paste but it only gave me "#Equipment > Staging.dxf.dxf~" > > Then I opened up PowerShell and copied using the cp function > > cp "#Equipment Staging.dxf~" EquipmentNew.dxf > > The new file opened up beautifully...with all my work from the past few > days. > Glad to know your problem is solved, now. Claude |
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Claude,
may be we can add a option to LibreCAD that will always prevent to open/edit these special files with a warning message? On Jul 5, 2012, at 3:18 PM, ClaudeQC [via LibreCAD] wrote:
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Hello Ries, On 05/07/12 04:22 PM, R. van Twisk [via LibreCAD] wrote: > > may be we can add a option to LibreCAD that will always prevent to > open/edit these special files with a warning message? > - This is a solution. - Another solutions could be: 1) Make the "Recovery File" a read only file. Maybe, not a good solution!? I remember an application (AutoCAD DOS) doing that kind of thing, and this was more a nuisance than an help. 2) Change the name of the recovery file to something like "#<my_file.dxf>#". i.e.: Concatenate '#' to the recovery file extension, to make the recovery file having en extension that is not associated with LibreCAD. Claude. |
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