Autosave backup files accumulating on Linux FS

[gskerry]

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Describe the bug Desktop client spams Linux filesystem with auto-save/lock files (e.g. ~$<file>.drawio.bkp)

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: Save <file>.drawio locally on linux fs.

Expected behavior Remove after explicit save within Drawio; remove on program close; or automatically hide them.

draw.io version (In the Help->About menu of the draw.io editor):

• draw.io version 18.0.1

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon 4.8.6 (5.4.0-92-generic)

[davidjgraph]

This is the autosave draft, it's not windows specific.

[gskerry]

Are they supposed to remain after closing the Drawio desktop?

[davidjgraph]

Yes, we had some issues with empty files written, so this is used as a backup. Is this is a frequency of write issue because of disk damage?

[JonathanLindsey]

I'm on windows and also see this behavior.

It's annoying because the .drawio.bkp file gets left behind when draw.io is closed. You end up with 2 files for every document.

I would expect this file to be deleted when draw.io is closed. And while draw.io it is still open the file should either have the hidden attribute or be saved in another location. Maybe saving it in another location would defeat the purpose though.

[gskerry]

Yes, we had some issues with empty files written, so this is used as a backup. Is this is a frequency of write issue because of disk damage?

Don't know if this is to me (OP)? Not sure I fully follow the question... No disk damage that I am aware of. It's a filesystem hygiene issue for me. Nothing mission critical, but would prefer not to have the clutter on the fs.

[wwdok]

I'm on windows and also see this behavior.

It's annoying because the .drawio.bkp file gets left behind when draw.io is closed. You end up with 2 files for every document.

I would expect this file to be deleted when draw.io is closed. And while draw.io it is still open the file should either have the hidden attribute or be saved in another location. Maybe saving it in another location would defeat the purpose though.

This is also what i want to say ~

[moongoal]

Same here. An option to turn this behaviour off would be nice to have. I've never experienced empty files being written but the autosave files accumulating is very annoying.

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[o-l-a-v]

I store some .drawio files in my OneDrive, having .drawio.bkp files continously created and synced to the cloud seems unneccessary.

An option to redirect those temp / backup files to a different folder would be great. Like %LOCALAPPDATA%\Diagrams\Temp maybe?

[gian1200]

Or to delete the .drawio.bkp file if the project was saved successfully (or has no unsaved changes)

[hasan-4]

setting Extras->Drafts 0 (0 to disable) solved the problem for me.