gedit ...cannot create backup !!!

[Gregory Hosler]

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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)

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

Hope that helps,

- -Greg

> 
> Regards
> 


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