Alain wrote:
> OK
> Check if the file exist and if it's read only or system. Same with the 
> folder itself.
> Can you open the offending file, edit it with another application and 
> save it back?
> Is the file opened by any other application?
> Do you have ownership of the file? I had some instances where files and 
> folders on my system got eroneous ownership, with only one user. Some 
> folders/files had been set with an owner whose name was just a bunch of 
> random characters.
> Is you drive full?
> 

Thanks Alain.  This happens with any non-read-only file in my P-Scenes 
directory (which btw is not next to the installation directory) where I 
continually save and re-save as I edit and test and edit and test.  It 
seems to happen with just POV-Ray running, and maybe Windows Explorer. 
The drive has dozens of gigs left.  It's pretty reproducable when it 
happens, but it doesn't always happen.  It only happens following a 
parse-error and an attempted *minor* edit and save.

Here's a better version of the link.  Hopefully it'll work a little better:
http://news.povray.org/povray.beta-test/thread/%3C430daeda@news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=249422&toff=150

Charles

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