Strange saving problem

[Brad Crocker]

Yeah - We've got a workaround too, but it also has it's drawbacks (i.e. 
human error!). We save to the desktop, then drag the file over the old 
one and replace. The problem is that if the designer forgets to do this 
step, we have an incorrect ad on the server that other designers might 
not catch when doing corrections / OKs.

We've had a few hiccups using this Snap Server. It's great because you 
don't have the usual problems of a traditional computer server - The 
need to restart from time to time or unexplained sluggishness, but that 
is offset by the occasional OS upgrade that makes files with usually 
acceptable file name characters ( /, -, *) no longer valid, and the fact 
that it is not indexed and searches that used to take 3 - 10 seconds can 
now take up to 3 - 10 minutes.

Don't you love technology? Then again, where would we be without it!

Brad

Golden, Michael wrote:
> Brad
>
> We see this occasionally saving to both a Windows and OS X Server. We haven't migrated to MuAD 8 yet. Our work around has been to use a script to do a save as to a local folder, then copy the file back to it's original location. Lastly it quits Creator, which seems to cure that behavior for a while. So when a user gets that dialog box they click OK, then select save from the script menu rather than the file menu. No elegant, but it gets the job done.
>
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>
> Michael Golden
> Information Technology Manager
> mgolden at argusleader.com
>
>
>
> On 3/12/08 7:31 AM, "Brad Crocker" <brad-hsunads at hartcom.net> wrote:
>
> We're getting some sort of save error from one machine in particular.
> The Computer is a Dual G4 Power PC running OSX 10.5 saving over
> networked Snap Server 110 hardrive. You can start a new file, save, make
> changes and then try to save again and we get a "Directory not found.
> The file was last opened by (the computer that currently has the file
> open)." Similarly, if you open an existing file, make a change and then
> try saving, same scenario.
>
> Is this the OS, some network problem, or some problem with file lock?
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Brad - The Hartwell Sun Compositon Dept.
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