On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 23:36 +1000, David Timms wrote: > I have though in the past that a useful approach for many applications > (eg word processor with a 100 page unsaved document opened and modified) > would be if at the signal to close they would need user response, then > the application could save-as (ensuring changes don't overwrite an > original document unexpectedly) with a name extended by the data and > time. This would ensure docs etc get saved to disk, rather than waiting > (forever) for user interaction. We had that behaviour on an old Data General mainframe. I can't remember the name of the files anymore, but it was referred to as a crash save during our orientation. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.