Issue 46655 - Unable to save a soft link
Summary: Unable to save a soft link
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 21034
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1.3
Hardware: Other Linux, all
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: thorsten.martens
QA Contact: issues@framework
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Keywords: oooqa
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-04-05 01:07 UTC by hemalpandya
Modified: 2005-04-11 00:33 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Developer Difficulty: ---


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Description hemalpandya 2005-04-05 01:07:21 UTC
I am unable to save a file that is a soft link to another document in the same
directory. When I save, I get the error "Could not create backup copy". I have
turned off automatic backups in the options. The following steps reproduce the
problem:

1. Create a one line document and save it as /tmp/a.sxw
2. Create a hard link and soft link to the document using commands "ln
/tmp/a.sxw  /tmp/ah.sxw" and "ln -s /tmp/a.sxw /tmp/as.sxw"
3. Open the soft link file with the command "ooffice /tmp/as.sxw". Add a line to
it, save. Notice the error dialog. Exit application, which will give warning
about discarding modifications. Verify that the added line is not in the document.
4. Follow the same steps using the hard link. Notice that changes get saved.

Why I need this to work: Without this, I can have soft links to documents on my
desktop that I can access easily. 

#40750 seems related in that it gives the same error message but this does not
involve mounting so I am assuming it is different.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2005-04-05 07:16:55 UTC
Framework issue.
Comment 2 mci 2005-04-07 09:36:00 UTC
Hi hemalpandya,

thanks for using and supporting OpenOffice.org...

Does this happen to you using OOo1.1.4 or OOo2.9beta (or newer), too?

Comment 3 mci 2005-04-07 10:21:50 UTC
BTW: I had no problem saving to that softlink on Fedora Core Rawhide using
OOo1.1.3...
Comment 4 mci 2005-04-07 12:46:31 UTC
worksforme...
Comment 5 hemalpandya 2005-04-07 19:11:58 UTC
Hi mci,

I do not have immediate access to other versions. BTW I am on debian 2.6.8. 
Comment 6 hemalpandya 2005-04-08 19:01:14 UTC
I see the exact same behavior on FreeBSD 5.3 using OpenOffice 1.1.2. Are debian
packages available for newer versions?
Comment 7 lohmaier 2005-04-11 00:30:52 UTC
reopen. Duplicate to a fixed-but-not-yet-integrated issue.
Comment 8 lohmaier 2005-04-11 00:32:18 UTC
duplicate.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 21034 ***
Comment 9 lohmaier 2005-04-11 00:33:43 UTC
closing duplicate.

Wait until issue 21034 is closed, then download the current milestone and you'll
be able to use the link as destination.