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Locking files in XP Martin Griffith 04-18-08
Posted by Martin Griffith on April 18, 2008, 6:16 pm
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Just screwed up a little job, about an hour of frustrating repair
time, the schematics look ok.....maybe

Whats the simplest/better/best way of locking files in XP, gerbers,
and the reference PCB and SCH files


martin

Posted by john jardine on April 18, 2008, 6:38 pm
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> Just screwed up a little job, about an hour of frustrating repair
> time, the schematics look ok.....maybe
>
> Whats the simplest/better/best way of locking files in XP, gerbers,
> and the reference PCB and SCH files
>
>
> martin

Right click on file. Select "Properties". Tick "read only". "Apply". ??



Posted by Robert on April 18, 2008, 6:39 pm
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> Just screwed up a little job, about an hour of frustrating repair
> time, the schematics look ok.....maybe
>
> Whats the simplest/better/best way of locking files in XP, gerbers,
> and the reference PCB and SCH files
>
>
> martin

There are free tools to make it easier but you can mark files "Read-Only" by
right clicking on them => properties => click the appropriate box.

Robert H.



Posted by on April 18, 2008, 8:04 pm
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> Just screwed up a little job, about an hour of frustrating repair
> time, the schematics look ok.....maybe
>
> Whats the simplest/better/best way of locking files in XP, gerbers,
> and the reference PCB and SCH files
>
> martin

Er, you *are* using a versioning system like SVN, right? You just go
back in the repository and fish out a previously committed version.

Posted by Didi on April 18, 2008, 8:41 pm
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Martin Griffith wrote:
> Just screwed up a little job, about an hour of frustrating repair
> time, the schematics look ok.....maybe
>
> Whats the simplest/better/best way of locking files in XP, gerbers,
> and the reference PCB and SCH files

Martin,

just make regular backups. I typically have a backup directory
under the one I am working in; and every week or so I do
a CD or DVD backup.
No versioning tool nonsense can beat that practice.

Dimiter


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