Re: autosave

[Mimi Gauthier LeBien riverunner@xxxxxxxx]

I don't know if this will help, but if you printed the file, it might be named
"print.tmp". Just a thought.

Mimi

Emery Snyder wrote:

> Look at your settings.dfl or use the menus and see what directory you set
> as the autoback directory: the files will be there with names like
> "AUTOSAV1.TMP". There are usually 3.
>
> At 06:49 PM 11.3.1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >This morning when I called up a file I worked on yesterday, I found that
> >all of the revisions I made on the document yesterday were gone -- about
> >seven hours work. At the end of the day I wasn't able to quit xywrite
> >properly because the cursor had frozen but I'm quite sure that I saved the
> >work frequently as I went along. Even if I hadn't, however, isn't
> >"autosave" supposed to do it for me? (I have it set at something like 2
> >minutes because I'm so paranoid about losing stuff..) When I looked in
> >xy4\docs the document did not reflect the changes I made yesterday either
> >-- in fact, the time on the document was 2:01 pm which is the time I
> >started working on it.
> >
> >-- My operating system is Windows 95
> >-- I work on Xywrite version 4.011 which I run in DOS (I know it's
> >considered buggy but I've been wanting to finish my current project before
> >I change and I haven't had this problem before.)
> >
> >I can't imagine that it matters but my computer is a Fujitsu Lifebook.
> >
> >Do I misunderstand what "autosave" actually does? Or, is something clearly
> >malfunctioning? I have been having more problems with "freezing" lately. Is
> >it possible that my revised document is somewhere to be found?
> >
> >Thank you for any assistance you might be able to provide.
> >