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From: Tamas Gunda
Subject: bak file creation
Date: 23 Feb 2013 10:30:00
Message: <web.5128dfae6e61f1c8642862900@news.povray.org>
If enabled, POVray always created backups of pov and inc files once per session.
Now using 3.7 RC6 only pov file backups are created but not from inc files.


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: bak file creation
Date: 23 Feb 2013 11:22:36
Message: <5128eccc@news.povray.org>
Am 23.02.2013 16:26, schrieb Tamas Gunda:
> If enabled, POVray always created backups of pov and inc files once per session.
> Now using 3.7 RC6 only pov file backups are created but not from inc files.

Confirmed. Could you please file a bug report at bugs.povray.org? Thanks 
a lot.


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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: bak file creation
Date: 23 Feb 2013 12:35:00
Message: <web.5128fc40ac5055c6c2d977c20@news.povray.org>
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.


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: bak file creation
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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