RE: Backups in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg10730] RE: [mg10690] Backups in Mathematica
- From: Jean-Marie THOMAS <jmthomas@cybercable.tm.fr>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 00:44:24 -0500
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.ma and .mb are version 2 extensions for Mathematica files. As far as I remember, the .mb file was a graphic file. With version three, all notebooks are self contained in a .nb extension file. If you are using a version 2.x and do not wish to upgrade to version 3, you have to keep your .ma and .mb files together. In no case these can be considered as backup files. Even with version three, you have to make these backups by yourself (save as: myFile_old), or have an automatic backup system (on a daily base for instance). Hope this helps, ----------------------------------------------- Jean-Marie THOMAS Conseil et Audit en Ingenierie de Calcul jmthomas@cybercable.tm.fr +33 (0)3 88 32 93 64 www.cybercable.tm.fr/~jmthomas ======================= -----Message d'origine----- De: Doris Seitz [SMTP:Doris.Seitz@mnd.fh-friedberg.de] Date: vendredi 30 janvier 1998 10:24 A: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net Objet: [mg10690] Backups in Mathematica Hi, I have a question: Does Mathematica produce backups of its files ? If you save your file you always have one file with the suffix MA, and another (older) one with the suffix .MB . But if Mathematica halts for whatever reason and you try to reload the .MB file it doesn't work. So - for what reasons do those .MB files exist, and how can I get Mathematica to produce backups ? Thanks in advance, Doris dobra@monet.fh-friedberg.de