POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : "Failed to save file:" : Re: "Failed to save file:" Server Time
31 Jul 2024 10:18:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: "Failed to save file:"  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 3 Nov 2007 07:46:37
Message: <472c6dad@news.povray.org>
Charles C wrote:
> "Failed to save file:
> 
> The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another 
> process."

When I've had this error, it's because I've tried to save a scene file 
while POV-Ray was parsing it.  For some reason this causes POV-Ray to 
maintain the file lock (or whatever it is the OS calls it) after the 
parsing is done, because the message pops up on all subsequent saves.

Regards,
John


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