20090807KL -- "Emergency" -- Lost File

[Emil Payne]

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.
> 
Also make sure you have hidden files turned on, because usually 
name.ext~ files are hidden.