20090807KL -- "Emergency" -- Lost File

[Howard Coles Jr.]

On Friday 07 August 2009 10:14:15 pm Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> Greetings --
>
> This message was previously posted to kdepim-users at kde.org.  In the
> absence of any reply just yet, I am posting to two also-applicable
> lists, namely kde-linux and kubuntu-users.
>
>
> I was on Kubuntu Jaunty, and editing an HTML file, using Kate.  A friend
> telephoned me with a question that required me to use VirtualBox -->
> Windows XP Pro --> Libronix (a Bible study application system).  I
> saved my work in Kate (as I frequently do anyway!) before I went to
> VirtualBox.  I needed to consult with another friend, and so left my
> computer for ten minutes or so.
>
> When I returned, my monitor was dark.  Usually this simply means that
> the screen-saver is working.  However, I was entirely unable to recover
> the display!  Although we have been having "electrical storms" in the
> past few days, there was no such problem in the area, and no other
> evidence of a power outage anywhere in the house.  In a few moments,
> seeing few alternatives, I powered the entire computer down brutally,
> and then rebooted.  When I opened the file that I had been editing in
> Kate, several VERY extensive pages of physical printed matter (that I
> had previously entered -- and then saved, incrementally, several times)
> were no longer to be seen -- either via Konquorer or via Kate!!!  
>
> Can anyone give me detailed directions for recovering a more-complete
> version of my HTML file under these peculiar circumstances?

Look for a file in the same directory as the file you were editing, that has a ~ 
at the end.  I know kwrite saves a copy as .bak, but some times they do the ~ 
at the end as a working copy.  You may be able to recover that.

-- 
See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!