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The old-file-as-template problem

Using an old file as template and overriding the old file with new content by accident – the old file is gone. Find your old version in the history

Barbara often writes letters with similar wording but to different addressees. She’s used to grab an old file as a template for a new letter. Sometimes Barbara forgets to change the filename and saves the new letter under the old filename – the old file is gone.

Let’s assume that the old file had the name “Andrew Chen dose report.doc” in the directory “c:\Data\DoseReports\2003\”.  Barbara used that letter as basis for a new letter to Baldrin Jack. Some days later Barbara wants to look up the letter she sent to Andrew Chen but only to find out that this is the letter to Baldrin Jack no matter what the filename says.

Good she uses rReplikator! In the history directory there still is a copy of the original letter with the date and time stamped to the filename. Barbara will see at least two files in “D:\History\ Data\DoseReports\2003\:

For sure the version saved on the 17^th at 2 o’clock is the original version for Andrew Chen and the version from the 19^th is the version to Baldrin Jack. Barbara renames “D:\History\ Data\ DoseReports\2003\:Andrew Chen dose report “ to “D:\History\ Data\DoseReports\2003\ Baldrin Jack dose report “. Then she copies the file “Andrew Chen dose report [2003-11-17 14-31-17].doc” to the directory “c:\Data\DoseReports\2003” and renames it to “Andrew Chen dose report.doc”. Done !

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