20090807KL -- "Emergency" -- Lost File

[Bruce MacArthur]

On Friday 07 August 2009 22:41, Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
> 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!

Hello, Howard --

Along the lines you mention, I see filenames such as --
20070605KP.htm
20070605KP.htm~.htm

Yes, that kind of a "backup" exists for the file I mention.  Sadly, 
while the backup exists, it IS older even than the plain".htm" -- and 
this ".htm" is the one showing data loss!!!  The backup ".htm~.htm" has 
even greater data loss.

I failed to state this in my original message because  --I--  know about 
the backup feature (silly me for not stating it!), so I state it now.  
THANK YOU for ensuring that my ignorance is not the problem here!!!

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