data loss in editor when disk is full

[nerijus]

I have partition which is full, so I cannot write to it as a normal user (I can as root):

$ df -h
Failų sistema Size Used Avail Use% Prijungta prie
/dev/md2 380G 361G 0 100% /mnt/d

There is a text file in this partition:
$ ls -l test_file
-rw-rw-rw- 1 nerijus nerijus 10 2011-01-10 03:59 test_file

I edit (F4) it, enter few letters and press F2. Instead os saving file, mc opens "Save As" dialog with file name written. Pressing Enter gives "Cannot save file". I still see file contents in the editor, but

$ ls -l test_file
-rw-rw-rw- 1 nerijus nerijus 0 2011-01-10 04:02 test_file

shows that file's length is already 0. As I cannot save file, I quit editor w/o saving and file content is lost.

[ossi]

that's kinda a user error. your editor => options => save mode is "quick safe" instead of "safe save", which implies that you have to assume that a file error during saving will actually clobber an existing file.

i don't know what the default is, though. arguably, "safe save" might be the better choice.

[nerijus]

Yes, "safe save" does not loose data, it creates empty cooledit5aU2Cc file in the same directory. But I don't agree it's a user error. Software should never loose data. If you choose to not correct "quick save", a warning in big letters should be added "DATA CAN BE LOST".

[angel_il]

see #15

[andrew_b]

Ticket #4166 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.