Problem saving a file [DROPBOX]

[jcredberry at gmail.com]

Might this behavior points to some sort of regression in 2.3.5.2? As I have
said before, this is the first time it happens to me and only with this
file, which is in a shared folder with a colleague, but who is not
currently using it. The folder was created and shared by her, though, but
we have several folders and Lyx files in it.  In Sergio's case, he does not
find a regular pattern. Are your files shared, Sergio?

Julio Rojas
jcredberry at gmail.com


On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:10 PM Sergio Celani <sergiocelani at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> El lun., 21 sept. 2020 a las 0:07, <jcredberry at gmail.com> escribió:
>
>> Actually, it is created not right away, but after a while. I left the
>> Windows computer on with the file open, sure that the #...# file was
>> deleted. After lunch and some gardening, I came back and guess what? The
>> #...# is there, waiting for me, created at 14:29. I manually deleted it,
>> modified the file, saved it, the error appears, but no #...# file is
>> created!!! Voodoo things! :P
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julio Rojas
>> jcredberry at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 3:26 PM Paul A. Rubin <parubin73 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/20/20 1:43 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>> > On 9/20/20 12:46 PM, jcredberry at gmail.com wrote:
>>> >> BTW, on my Mac I have Lyx v. 2.3.1-1. My coauthor has 2.3.0!!!
>>> >> Curious, isn´t it? A regression?
>>> >
>>> > Again, it's just a guess, but I think this might have been a 'stale'
>>> > lockfile. It got left behind at some point so Dropbox is confused.
>>> > That's why the file seems like a 'normal' file somehow and you're
>>> > being asked if you want to delete it.
>>> >
>>> > Riki
>>> >
>>> >
>>> I agree with Riki. Also, I suspect this is a LyX on Windows (or LyX on
>>> Dropbox on Windows) thing. I use Linux Mint on my devices, and I can
>>> have the same file open (in a Dropbox folder) on two devices, make
>>> changes on both devices, and never get a lock file. On the other hand, I
>>> do some work with a coauthor who uses LyX on Windows. In one of our
>>> shared Dropbox folders, I see a #TbPapers.lyx# file with a 2018
>>> modification date. It's a file she created and maintained -- I don't
>>> think I ever touched it -- so my guess is LyX created it during some
>>> edit and never removed it. As best I can recall, I've only seen the
>>> #...# stuff with LyX files.
>>>
>>> As lock files go, they're a bit odd. Normally a lock file has zero bytes
>>> (or maybe one or two). Its job is just to exist, signaling the real file
>>> is in use. In the case of #TbPapers.lyx#, it's almost as large as the
>>> actual TbPapers.lyx file. There's also a TbPapers.lyx~ file, and all
>>> have the same file date. So the ~ file is the normal backup LyX creates
>>> when a save is done.
>>>
>>> I don't work with anyone using LyX on a Mac, so I have no idea if it
>>> participates in this madness. :-)
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
> Hi.
> I have had similar problems for quite some time. I have Windows 10 and Lyx
> 2.3.5.2 with Miktex
> I send two screenshots.
> This problem occurs with different articles or notes. I couldn't find any
> pattern to help me solve this problem.
> Every time this problem occurs, a new copy of the file is created in the
> folder
>
> Sergio
>
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