Difference between revisions of "Emergency save"

Revision as of 09:59, 7 March 2025

Inkscape 1.0+ has Emergency Autosave. If inkscape crashes it will try to save your file. File is saved as current file name _ date+time of crash.svg

Note that there is chance that this file will contain same problem that causes Inkscape to crash or in rare cases file can be corrupted.

On Unix (Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc.)

Inkscape tries to save in one of following paths:

Home directory (~/, $HOME, /home/<username>/)
/tmp/
In the current working directory

On Windows

Inkscape tries to save in %UserProfile%:

Vista/7/10/11: C:\Users\<username>\
XP/2003: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\

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-{{Other languages|en=Emergency save|de=Sicherungskopie}}
-{{Needs_update}}
-TODO: Update locations for all platforms based on [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.inkscape.devel/34141 Re: Emergency save could need testing]
+Inkscape 1.0+ has Emergency Autosave. If inkscape crashes it will try to save your file. File is saved as current <code>file name _ date+time of crash.svg</code>
-When Inkscape crashes, it tries to save the document as a backup with following name:
+Note that there is chance that this file will contain same problem that causes Inkscape to crash or in rare cases file can be corrupted.
+=== On Unix (Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc.)===
-  <filename>.<datetime>.#
+Inkscape tries to save in one of following paths:
-If the document has not been saved yet, the name is:
+#Home directory (<code>~/</code>, <code>$HOME</code>, <code>/home/<username>/</code>)
+#<code>/tmp/</code>
+#In the current working directory
+=== On Windows===
-  inkscape-emergency.<datetime>.#
+Inkscape tries to save in <code>%UserProfile%</code>:
-Note, that there is no <code>.svg</code> file name ending.
+*Vista/7/10/11: <code>C:\Users\<username>\</code>
+*XP/2003: <code>C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\</code>
-=== On Unix (Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc.) ===
-Inkscape tries to save in the following paths:
-# Home directory (<code>~/</code>, <code>$HOME</code>, <code>/home/<username>/</code>)
-# <code>/tmp/</code>
-# In the current working directory
-(in that order).
-=== On Windows ===
-Inkscape tries to save in <code>%UserProfile%</code>:
-* XP/2003: <code>C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\</code>
-* Vista/7: <code>C:\Users\<username>\</code>
 [[Category:User Documentation]]

Difference between revisions of "Emergency save"

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