On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:35 AM, James Hatridge
HI all,
I was sent two doc files that I can't open. I'm using open office and normally I can open them. The original file names were this:
~$m stadt straubing.doc ~$m Vesterling.doc
Doubtful. Those are the names of temp/lock files I am willing to bet. ~$ in the first two chars is used as a marker by office of a temp/lock file. Those files are supposed to be hidden, and therefore not selectable in the file chooser dialog, etc. I've never tried to create a legitimate doc whose name starts with ~$. I recommend avoid even trying. So two resolutions. 1) leave things as they are and ensure the user ignores files starting with ~$. 2) fix the file view such that hidden files are indeed hidden. In general I don't care much for hidden files, so I would go with option 1). Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer Preservation and Forensic processing of Exchange Repositories White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/tng_whitepaper_fpe.html The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org