Re: [Jack-Devel] JackSession | Qjackct did rm /home

On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 04:20:20PM +0200, Fabrice Lebas wrote:
> >> one could ask why jack expects an empty session directory in the first
> >> place, and yes i've argued about that long ago on #jack irc. the
> >> argument for was that it would be a greater "danger" if it would be
> >> allowed to leave cruft/dead state data under the session directories. i
> >> just thought to my self, who cares? alas, destroying data was the argued
> >> solution and boy was i disgruntled too (*grin*)
> >>
> >> and yes, qjackctl prompts the user whether he/she really wants to
> >> replace an existing non-empty session directory.
> >>
> >> cheers
> >
> 
> 
> Arrrrg! Jack-session rm -R killed me!
> 
> when saving session, I though it was a wise idea to create a symlink
> to my application data (audio takes) so I can still work on the same
> directory and have session save/restore without copying huge amount of
> data.
> 
> Saving the same session twice will wipe all the audio takes under the
> link target.

erm... so you created a link to a directory, and that directories
contents were deleted ? 
This should be considered a bug in the SM.
i am not sure, if pyjacksm is free of this bug.

its probably better to link the individual files.

> 
> dot. dot. dot.
> Fabrice.
> 
> Jack-Devel mailing list
> [hidden]
> http://lists.jackaudio.org/listinfo.cgi/jack-devel-jackaudio.org

-- 
torben Hohn

1315501314.25609_0.ltw:2,a <20110908170125.GA16989 at siel dot b>