[Tip] How to recover layers when Golly crashes ?

[Tawal]

Sometimes, it can happen that Golly crashes for one reason or another.
If you have some layers which aren't saved before the crash, they seem to be lost.
But there is a way to recover them.

How to :

• Take a look on the folder :
  • Linux : /tmp/golly_XXXXX
  • Windows : C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Local\Temp\golXXXX.tmp (thanks to EvinZL)
• Enter in this folder, you will see some files like that (on Linux) :

  Code: Select all

  ls -l /tmp/golly_sEyDdo
  total 1,6M
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal 137K  7 juin  17:14 gg_Y5yKf0
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal 132K  7 juin  17:14 gg_jgnKot
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal 137K  7 juin  17:15 gg_uZro4O
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal 132K  7 juin  17:14 gg_yYJemd
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal  55K  7 juin  10:41 golly_start_8gqp5E
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal  65K  7 juin  16:21 golly_start_AwC8OV
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal 854K  7 juin  11:37 golly_start_ZV6Ijt
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal    0  7 juin  10:32 golly_start_bOOyZU
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal    0  5 juin  06:26 golly_start_pi1Tqg
  -rw------- 1 tawal tawal 104K  6 juin  16:36 golly_start_vxnrPF

  All theses files are patterns.
  The 'golly_start_xxxxx' are the layers.
  The other files are the different 'happenings' on the last layer you were before Golly crashes.
• You just have to open theses files on the new Golly Front End you opened to retrieve your layers.

Enjoy

Edit: post-scriptum
As you can see on the example, there is 2 empty files (golly_start_bOOyZU and golly_start_pi1Tqg).
These 2 files are the 2 layers which has been already saved and unmodified before the crash.

[EvinZL]

For reference, on Windows, the corresponding location is C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Local\Temp\golXXXX.tmp (which are folders, then look inside them for the files)