[Tip] How to recover layers when Golly crashes ?
Posted: June 7th, 2025, 12:31 pm
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 :
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.
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) : All theses files are patterns.
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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
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.
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.