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Nick Noyes Architecture
Joined: 02 Nov 2005
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 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject: Can't delete swap tempSpec file |
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Hello,
We're a small architecture firm running PowerCadd 6.2.1 on iMac G5's. When PowerCadd saves a file we randomly get an error message which reads:
"Can't delete swap tempSpec file." with an OK button.
When you click OK, a new file is created with the time appended to the file name.
Sorry if this is an old issue which may have been addressed a while back on this forum, but we can't figure it out. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Sarah van Laanen
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patrickm
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 347
Location: santa barbara, ca
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Nick Noyes Architecture wrote: | Hello,
We're a small architecture firm running PowerCadd 6.2.1 on iMac G5's. When PowerCadd saves a file we randomly get an error message which reads:
"Can't delete swap tempSpec file." with an OK button.
When you click OK, a new file is created with the time appended to the file name.
Sorry if this is an old issue which may have been addressed a while back on this forum, but we can't figure it out. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Sarah van Laanen
sarah@nnarchitecture.com |
This is an old thread, but I started having this same problem a week or two ago. When I save a PC7 file, I get a message "Can't delete swap tempSpec file." The folder into which I am saving fills up with these files, which I later delete. If I restart the computer, things go fine for a while, then this behavior starts up again -- I am not sure what is causing the problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
It may have started when I upgraded to OS10.4.11 or when I updated to PC7.04...
regards,
patrick
2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 17" MacBook Pro
2 GB ram
OX10.4.11
PC7.0.4 (Build GJ17) |
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Rob C
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
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Location: Southern Connecticut
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen it too. At first I thought it was because my HD was nearly full, but I've fixed that, and still see it from time to time.
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Jeffrey Jakucyk
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| This isn't necessarily a 100% solution, but I was able to drastically reduce the occurrence of this problem by turning Norton AntiVirus' "autoprotect" feature on our file server OFF. It seems that the autoprotect process "grabs" the swap file to scan it, and it's not always done by the time PowerCADD is ready to delete it. Any other software that constantly scans files could possibly interfere in this way. There may be other reasons, but this is the best one I've been able to find. |
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Rob C
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting. Could Spotlight's constant scanning for indexing be responsible?
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