Problem saving a file [DROPBOX]

John White john at lawquest.com
Sun Sep 20 15:50:13 UTC 2020


Staff and I save to dropbox many, many times a day. I have never seen such an 
error.  We are a linux shop.  Perhaps that is why.

John

On Sunday, September 20, 2020 8:35:28 AM PDT jcredberry at gmail.com wrote:
> What I have tried is using another file in Dropbox, writing and rewriting
> it. The error does not appear.
> 
> I have just made what you suggested (saving the file outside of Dropbox)
> and the following message appears:
> [image: image.png]
> That is a first! I do not even know what it means or why did it appear. The
> original file is in the Dropbox folder, a new copy is in my Desktop, so no,
> the file is shared (and not opened by someone else as I have updated the
> version number and my coauthor is seated besides me). Saved, modified,
> resaved, no problem with the copy. Closed the copy, opened the original,
> modified, saved, the write failure error appears.
> 
> Maybe this is a black swan, maybe not. Thanks, nevertheless.
> 
> Regards,
> Julio Rojas
> jcredberry at gmail.com
> 
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 11:15 AM Kornel Benko <kornel at lyx.org> wrote:
> > Am Sun, 20 Sep 2020 10:54:55 -0300
> > 
> > schrieb jcredberry at gmail.com:
> > > Richard,
> > > 
> > > It is 2.3.5.2. I guess it is not related to Dropbox, then.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Julio Rojas
> > > jcredberry at gmail.com
> > 
> > Just to be sure ... you have tried without dropbox ?
> > 
> >         Kornel
> > 
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