Posted by ClaudeQC on Jul 04, 2012; 1:13pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/dxf-file-temporary-file-tp5706840p5706843.html


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