iCloud Drive and LyX Backup Files

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 1/2/24 11:43, Jeremy via lyx-users wrote:
>
> LyX saves backup files by appending a tilde, ~, to the file name. 
> Apple's iCloud Drive does not upload files ending in tildes to the 
> cloud. Is there a way to get these two pieces of software to coexist, 
> so that LyX backups can themselves be backed up into Apple's cloud?
>
> I suppose this could occur by either:
>
> 1. Forcing iCloud Drive to sync files ending in a tilde
>
> 2. Changing the extra character in the file extension of LyX backups 
> to a character other than tilde

This is not an option, unless you want to edit the source. It's 
hardcoded. Use of the ~ for backup files is standard on Unix, which is 
probably why iCloud ignores them.

Riki

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