Moving open files

[Pastor JW]

On Monday 07 July 2008 08:21:39 am Ed Greshko wrote:
> I think you will find that your "bug" will be rejected......
>
> First thing you should be aware of is that OO does not work on any of the
> documents you open directly.  It creates copies in a tmp directory and it
> works on that copy, plus what it keeps in memory.  This allows it to keep
> track of changes and easily create an undo and redo list.  These temp files
> are also used in the event a recovery is needed.
>
> OO is oblivious to you having moved the file.  When you hit "save" it
> simply overwrites the existing file (if it exists) or creates a file if it
> doesn't.

Actually this is exactly one of the reasons I like and use OO!   When writting 
a sermon somtimes I'll move the original copy to a different location ( 
actually to my book of sermons topics ) and work over the file with the same 
name to suit the existing topics and time.  Then too, isn't this also the 
reason for way "save" and "save as" work?  I use that all the time to keep 
track of the file I am working on at the moment.  If I use a "save as" to a 
location, that is the file which will save at that new location.  It updates 
itself.  I would not care to have an outside program lock me out of my own 
file.  Of couse I am also very frugal with the rights to my files.  I don't 
allow anyone else to edit my files, although they can read, they can not 
write to my directory.       

> Bottom line, there is no way for the mv command to signal OO that the file
> has been moved or renamed.
 
> Everything is working as designed and the users gain some understanding.

:)  :) 

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