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31 Jul 2024 06:18:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: [Win] Save_as destroys original file  
From: Bill DeWitt
Date: 8 Sep 2001 14:27:17
Message: <3b9a6305@news.povray.org>
"Chris Cason" <newsadmin@-despam-povray.org> wrote in message
news:3b9a5a8d@news.povray.org...
> > When I save a modified file under a different file, the original file is
> > destroyed, too. I end up with to identical files.
>
> I can't replicate this. Can someone else confirm this, to see if it's an
OS-
> specific problem ? (I am only testing under 2k).

    I have been doing a lot of exactly that thing, renaming files to
*035.pov instead of *031.pov, usually with small changes. I still have all
the old ones.

    Win98
    PII 400
    128 mb ram


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