Large files vanish

jczahor · Post by **jczahor** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:55 pm

I use textpad mainly to read large log files. I recently had a issue where I opened a 30,000 log file, search for data and then closed the file. When I went to reopen the file at a later time, the file was missing. Small files seem to work ok. has anyone else experienced this and if so what did you do to fix the issue?

John

Leif · Post by **Leif** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:33 pm

I work daily with a file of 30,000+ lines. Never encountered any problems (so far). But you're scaring the shit out of me now!

s_reynisson · Post by **s_reynisson** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:22 pm

jczahor, suggest you take a look at the application that creates the logs, chances are that they are being compressed or moved to some backup folder etc.
(Sheesh you scare easily Leif)

I Steal Toast · Post by **I Steal Toast** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:26 pm

I'd be scared too, if it was an important file. That's a lot of text.

Post by **bbadmin** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:32 am

Just to reassure you, TextPad always opens files read-only, so there is no risk of it doing anything nasty with your original file. It only overwrites the original when you save any changes. It certainly doesn't delete any files, unless you explicitly tell it to do so, using the Manage Files command.

Keith MacDonald
Helios Software Solutions