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27 Apr 2024 02:40:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: bak file creation  
From: clipka
Date: 23 Feb 2013 14:46:33
Message: <51291c99$1@news.povray.org>
Am 23.02.2013 18:29, schrieb Kenneth:
> I hate to admit it, but this is new to me--not just in POV-Ray but .bak files in
> general (I never paid much attention to them.)
>
> So, a little experiment: Saving a backup of "my scene" becomes "my
> scene.pov.bak." Then, by removing the .bak extension (and renaming the file in
> this case, to "my scene A" for example), it changes back to a POV-Ray file,
> ready for rendering. Cool!
>
> I'm always learning.

Consider yourself lucky to have never heard of .bak files before.

Back in the good olden days, .bak files were ubiquitous. Every sane 
program had them. After all, that's what we had instead of a multi-step 
undo feature.

Hell, those times were a PITA...


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