Temporary/Backup files erasing capability
Hi, Gang!!!
I use MuseScore 3.0.1 into UbuntuStudio 18.04.1 LTS (64 bit Linux).
BUT... I guess it is the same in Windows and/or MAC.
Each time we create and/or edit an score with MuseScore (despite the version we are using), the program creates and saved a Temporary/Backup file, which name is the same of the main file, but the extension part has a comma at the end.
In Linux, these files start with a dot (period) which leaves them as hidden files.
The issue is... When we finish the piece, there is not an automatic command to erase those files!!!
Those file stay into our HDD up we find them and erase them manually!!!
Also, there is not some option into the MuseScore "File Menu" to erase them.
Why not to add an automatic collecting and erasing process to those flies???
Or... Why not to add an option to perform that into the "File Menu"???
Just an idea...
Blessings and Greetings from Chile!!!
JUAN
Comments
FYI, these invisible backup files have saved many people from having to start over with their projects and they have been thankful to have them. If you don't rename you main file, the backup is replaced every time you edit and save a file, so there should always be one backup per score.
I'm not saying your idea no merits, but I would prefer not to let users automatically delete backups from within MuseScore. The only people who see these files are people who have invisible files turned on in the program.
In reply to FYI, these invisible backup… by mike320
I see your point, and I agree with it.
But... Why no to put all those files into a dedicated backup folder and to name them as "backup" (not as hidden files)???
In reply to I see your point, and I… by jotape1960
I had nothing to do with the decision. I don't know if this is a common method, though MS Office does something similar.
In reply to I had nothing to do with the… by mike320
No, ms Office offers similar functionality but:
-their backups don't pollute your folder
-their backups are much more powerful as they exist even if you have never saved and the program crashes.
In reply to No, ms Office offers similar… by frfancha
Neither does MuseScore pollute your folder, as it makes those backups invisible, they don't show when using the default settings. And it does autosaves too (by default every 2 minutes), to recover from crashes
In reply to Neither does musescore… by Jojo-Schmitz
Where does MuseScore save the backup file when you work on a new file (never saved yet)?
In reply to Where does MuseScore save… by frfancha
This is platform dependant. See https://musescore.org/en/node/52116#2.-Autosaved-version
In reply to This is platform dependant… by Jojo-Schmitz
As we have these auto-saved versions with timestamp in this specific (by platform) folder, why do we need the additional hidden file in the original folder ?
In reply to As we have these auto-saved… by frfancha
Yes. Those autosave files are (supposed to be) getting deleted on a clean exit from MuseScore, so only useful to recover from a crash
In reply to Neither does musescore… by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't use Microsoft software since I have used Linux, but... All software with those "backup" files has an option which let the user to erase all of them, if the user want to perform that cleaning action.
If you think about a typical MuseScore symphonic mayor piece uses around 1 MB of HDD, and you are using another 1 MB to those hidden files, and you have a lot of those pieces... It is a very interesting amount of HDD used!!!
I just wonder... Is it absolutely necessary???
In reply to I don't use Microsoft… by jotape1960
1MB scores are huge. And rare. My scores are on averang 9k for MueScore 1.x and 35k for MuseScore 2.x
In reply to 1MB scores are huge. And… by Jojo-Schmitz
I make files about 600-700 kb in size for symphonic pieces. This takes a lot of time to do and I'm very glad I have the .*.mscz, files. I have used them to prevent total loss of my work.