[Lazarus] bad luck

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:54:00 +0100
Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at web.de> wrote:

>[...]
> What I asked for is help locating and understanding Lazarus' file
> handling. Some standard errors like unneccessarily holding files open
> when not in use can be avoided easily.

The IDE does not hold files open.

There was a bug some days ago, that could cause the backup to erase the
file even when the file is not written, resulting in an empty file.

Mattias