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Feature Request: Auto backup

jimj
2005-08-21
2012-11-13
  • jimj

    jimj - 2005-08-21

    It would be nice to have an autobackup feature so you can go back one version of the file just edited. PFE32 does this nicely: Just before FILE->SAVE, it renames the original file by appeneding ".$$$" to the original file, then writes out the new, edited version.
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    The extension ($$$)  could be a user-definable option.

     
    • Martijn Coppoolse

      I second that.

      Maybe it could even be improved upon by _also_ making an autobackup option for every so many minutes (configurable, of course).

       
      • Nobody/Anonymous

        I would like that too :)

         
        • Nobody/Anonymous

          last  message was 1 year ago? Is there any progress for auto backup feature?

           
          • Don HO

            Don HO - 2007-05-28

            Don't you ever check the change log?
            Or you use always an old version?

            Don

             
      • Don HO

        Don HO - 2006-05-20

        Hmm...
        I may do this feature on each save : but not on an interval time.

        ___fileName.ext.date.time

        ex :
        ___fileName.ext.0520.031136

        so all the modification are tracked

        Don

         
    • Nobody/Anonymous

      This is the one missing feature that has kept PFE32 securely on my hard drive. 

       
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2006-05-20

      If you are planning to add this feature, please also add an option to enable/disable it.

      And I have a habit of automatically, almost subconsciously hitting ctrl+s after each modification, so for me donho's version of the auto-backup would be a HDD-killer ;)

       
      • Nobody/Anonymous

        up

         
    • Theo

      Theo - 2006-05-21

      I second krzysui_rd's desire to keep it optional if implemented.  If you want multiple backups but limited then I'd recommend using .$01, .$02, ... and then rotate the files on save.  I also dont need the time stamp in the filename as its already on the file itself but it wouldn't hurt to have it as a preference option.