File Backup Failed
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The following message pops up when saving a file --> The previous version of the file could not be saved into the backup directory at “.\junk.txt.2019-08-30_155609.bak”. Do you want to save the current file anyways? I’ve changed the Backup On Save save settings to Verbose with a Custom Backup Directory of “.” (just a period). Can someone make this work? Version v7.7.1 64-bit on Windows 10
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@paulteigeler said:
Custom Backup Directory of “.” (just a period)
Unfortunately, in this dialog,
.doesn’t mean what you think it means. Based on my experiments, it means the current directory, as seen by the Notepad++ application… not the current file’s directory. (This will often be the executable directory, which you might not have write permssion, or wherever your shortcut’s “Start In” value points to.)-
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$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)nomenclature, which grabs the directory of the current file, and works in the RUN menu and in NppExec does not work here. -
If I try to set the custom backup directory to a folder without write permission, I get the same error you get.
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If I try to do another relative custom directory, like
NppBackupHeyawith no absolute path before it, it tries to write to the<Notepad++ current directory>\NppBackupHeya\, which is not what’s intended, either. (if that folder exists, it will write there; but it won’t create it, even if it has write permission to that directory. interesting) -
If I try to set it to a full hardcoded path, it works just fine.
Maybe someone else knows a way to put that file in the current file’s directory, rather than either the
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@PeterJones said:
or wherever your shortcut’s “Start In” value points to
Actually, I redid my experiment: my
start insetting points to a different directory than the executable’s directory, but it still does the relative backup save relative to the executable’s directory. -
Ok, hopefully somebody knows or can fix it.
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…or can fix it
I think it falls in the feature request arena; it’s not something that is technically broken.
