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Title: How can I change the location of .save file(autosave)?
Post by: photon3108 on February 01, 2010, 04:06:33 am

I like autosave because it saved me many times from testing new nightly build of CodeBlocks.

But it makes the source's list longer, I think that I should put all .save files in the "../save_folder".

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thanks.

Title: Re: How can I change the location of .save file(autosave)?
Post by: MortenMacFly on February 01, 2010, 07:40:12 am

Quote from: photon3108 on February 01, 2010, 04:06:33 am

Does anyone know how to do that?

As this won't work if you have several files with the same name in a project (just in different directories) it's very unlikely that this will be implemented. However, you can adopt the AutoSave plugin yourself and just add a "../save_folder" in front of the save command.
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if(::wxFileExists(filename) && ::wxCopyFile(filename, temp))

...and adjust as needed.
However, you need to ensure the target path exists.

Title: Re: How can I change the location of .save file(autosave)?
Post by: TerryP on February 01, 2010, 10:47:38 pm

One idea would be implementing some form of file name mangling based on variables, so it's possible to use such a folder for the saves without file name collisions; although ofc that would ruin any 8.3 limits you might need, but that's not likely a concern.

Title: Re: How can I change the location of .save file(autosave)?
Post by: MortenMacFly on February 02, 2010, 08:35:59 am

Quote from: TerryP on February 01, 2010, 10:47:38 pm

One idea would be implementing some form of file name mangling based on variables,

You can also just leave it as it is (which won't conflict) and use a file manager that allows to hide file names with specific extensions. That's how I do it.