Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 43707
Impossible to save on existing file ('backup')
Last modified: 2005-03-10 17:32:01 UTC
Hello, I just met a problem of my recently installed OO1.1.4 saying "Could not create backup copy." This problem has appeared before in this and other forums. The problem is in my case not limited to texts, I have it in spreadsheets and presentations as well. I suggest for the reasons listed below that the problem is not only a problem of 'backup' but a more general problem of writing over an existing file. My experience is the following (Suse 9.2 on PC, OpenOffice 1.1.4), tested on write and on calc: The first SAVE works fine. The second SAVE (replacing the first saved file) does not any more work issuing the above error. Using SAVE AS and a new name again works. This behaviour also occurs if the document is exported to PDF more than once on the same name. Hence the problem is maybe not related only to the 'backup' and I think that the error message is misleading. Tools/options and "Paths" have been checked (user is owner of directories, has appropriate rights). In my case the error is independent on this path. Moreover, I have kept 'save backup' disabled and nonetheless I get the error. However, I get the error on a mount point to another computer (ncpmounted Novell server in this case), while I do not get the error when saving on local discs. I have appropriate rights to the mount point and the files since I am able to operate on them with other programs. I can for example open the test.sxw file with another editor, modify the file and then save it with the same name without problems. Best regards
Framework issue.
I have the same problem with openoffice 1.1.3 (openoffice-bin version) on a amd64 platform, gentoo linux (kernel version 2.6.9). Today i found that i didn't get any error when saving to /root (ext3 partition). I only get the error when trying to save to my fat32 partition (where gentoo can share files with windows). I'm doing all this as root. Find further information, like my /etc/fstab, by checking these links: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-298352.html http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=68291
hello chr_016, laurentgedm, can you please check if the solution from 40750 (mount with "exec" option) solves your problem? Thanks, MAx
Thanks, Max, it solved the problem very well! I tried to add the "exec" option for certain file systems and not for others, either ide or sata. Everything is fine with "exec", and i still get the message error without "exec". Thanks again! Laurent
Indeed, atting '-o exec' to the ncpmount command was the solution. Thank you / ChR
Indeed, adding '-o exec' to the ncpmount command was the solution. Thank you / ChR
ok, so closing as duplicate! :-) *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 40750 ***
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