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Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure [message #82869 is a reply to message #82868]

Tue, 22 January 2013 08:10

Carsten Lechte
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Registered: August 2006

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On 22/01/13 16:50, lefsky@gmail.com wrote:
> Sometimes I type save and (for a variety of reasons)overwrite an
> old idslave file that I didn't want to overwrite. What I'd like to
> see [...]

I would suggest that instead of adding interactivity where previously
there was none, idl rename the old file (e.g. to idlsave-001.dat,
-002.dat etc.) before writing the new.

This will placate the users who do a little type-ahead on their
command lines and expect their commands to be obeyed without question.
It will anger the users whose disks are filled up with unwanted
savefile backups.

chl

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		Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure By: Haje Korth on Tue, 22 January 2013 13:19
		Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure By: lefsky@gmail.com on Tue, 22 January 2013 11:36
		Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 22 January 2013 09:41
		Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure By: Phillip Bitzer on Tue, 22 January 2013 08:51
		Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure By: Carsten Lechte on Tue, 22 January 2013 08:10
		Re: Requested change to "SAVE" procedure By: Matthew on Wed, 23 January 2013 09:33

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