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On 04/01/2010 05:53 PM, Gregory Hosler wrote:
> On 04/01/2010 01:08 PM, Jatin K wrote:
>> Dear all
>
>> suddenly I'm getting this error whenever I try to edit a text file and
>> click save button
>
>> " Could not create a backup file while saving /path/to/file.txt"
>> gedit could not backup the old copy of the file before saving the new
>> one.You can ignore this warning and save the file anyway.
>> but if an error occurs while saving , you could lose the old copy of the
>> file. Save anyway ?"
>
>
>> yesterday, everything was ok.. and this morning I'm getting this
>
>> whats wrong with gedit ?? can anyone help me ?
>
> The most likely causes of this error would be:
>
> - permissions
> - path to dest directory doesn't exist at some point, or
> permission denied at some point.
> - quota
> - filesystem has been mounted/remounted ro (due, for example
> to an i/o error)
one more:
- file system full
> if you can 'ls -l /path/to/file.txt' and the dest file actually exists, see
> what
> are the permissions of the file. perhaps it cannot be opened for write (to
> re-write it with the new contents).
>
> See if the dest directory exists, and make sure you have write access to it.
>
> touch /path/to/file.txt.foo
> rm /path/to/file.txt.foo
>
> check your quota
>
> quota
>
> check if the partition that the dest file lives in is mounted r/o
>
> mount -v
check if there is available room on the file system:
df -k /path/to/file.txt
df -i /path/to/file.txt
if EITHER shows zero available, then that's the source of the problem. :-)
- -G
> Hope that helps,
>
> -Greg
>
>
>> Regards
>
>
>
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