Post by Howard Metcalfe on Dec 11, 2006 15:33:49 GMT -5
Q: What is the file that has the same name as my file but with -bkp appended to it?
A: That is your backup file. It contains your data as it was before your last save. There are two reasons for the existence of the backup file. They are:
1. You saved the file, but then decided you really didn't want to save those changes.
If the preference box labeled "Trash backup after save" is not checked (the default), the backup file will be in the same folder as the normal file.
If box is checked, the backup file will be in the trash. Pull the backup file out of the trash into the same folder as your normal file.
Trash the normal file.
Then remove the -bkp from the backup file and go ahead and use it. As it contains your data before your last save, you can re-edit the file from there. This will be really unusual unless you save something you really regret and can't otherwise easily correct it. (Of course, when you save a second time, the backup file holds the data before the second save but after the first save.)
2. You have a power drop or outage in the middle of a save. It is very unlikely that it would happen at just that time, but possible, and nature can be perverse.
In this case, it is 99.999999% certain that just the backup file is screwed up. Your normal file should be perfectly OK. That's because saving is done to the backup file, a few seconds or so, and then the normal file and the backup file are swapped in only nanoseconds. Again, it is virtually certain that the power drop will only affect the backup file, leaving your normal file just fine when power is restored.
In this case, you should trash the messed up backup file. It will be recreated the next time you save.
Of course, you should always backup your work at the end of a session to some other storage medium as a general precaution against disk failure.
A: That is your backup file. It contains your data as it was before your last save. There are two reasons for the existence of the backup file. They are:
1. You saved the file, but then decided you really didn't want to save those changes.
If the preference box labeled "Trash backup after save" is not checked (the default), the backup file will be in the same folder as the normal file.
If box is checked, the backup file will be in the trash. Pull the backup file out of the trash into the same folder as your normal file.
Trash the normal file.
Then remove the -bkp from the backup file and go ahead and use it. As it contains your data before your last save, you can re-edit the file from there. This will be really unusual unless you save something you really regret and can't otherwise easily correct it. (Of course, when you save a second time, the backup file holds the data before the second save but after the first save.)
2. You have a power drop or outage in the middle of a save. It is very unlikely that it would happen at just that time, but possible, and nature can be perverse.
In this case, it is 99.999999% certain that just the backup file is screwed up. Your normal file should be perfectly OK. That's because saving is done to the backup file, a few seconds or so, and then the normal file and the backup file are swapped in only nanoseconds. Again, it is virtually certain that the power drop will only affect the backup file, leaving your normal file just fine when power is restored.
In this case, you should trash the messed up backup file. It will be recreated the next time you save.
Of course, you should always backup your work at the end of a session to some other storage medium as a general precaution against disk failure.