Re: CiderPress file name requirements

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Bill Garber wrote:
> > <heuser.marcus@freenet.de> wrote in message
> > 1156954263.971711.246330@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com">news:1156954263.971711.246330@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > :
> > : Maybe because CP opens a temporary work file in the same directory?
> >
> > Ah, yes, that is most likely it. Thanks, Marcus.
>
> Yep--I'd noticed this behavior, but guessed that it would
> have a "backup" for the read-only case.
>
> And sure enough, it fails on the hard disk, too, if the type
> suffix is .txt--so that's not it.


I believe Andy said something about an "educated guess" when opening
files in a posting he made when he added Merlin source code support.
I'm pretty sure he takes the suffix into account.

bye
Marcus