[Geany] Append Instead of Overwrite using GVFS

[Judson Mitchell]

Thanks for  the reply.

I'm running:

Ubuntu Hardy
GNOME 2.22.3
Geany 0.13

I do have the same problem if I use Leafpad, so obviously it is not a Geany
problem.  Can I ask you for some gratuitous advice on this anyway?


On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:48:35 -0600, Judson Mitchell
> <judsonmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> >I have been blissfully using Geany in concert with gvfs for some time
> >to easily edit files on a remote server.  All of a sudden, when I save
> >changes to a file with Geany (using an ftp connection via gvfs), the
> >file will append rather than overwrite.    It will only do this on
> >some remote servers, not others.  Can anyone suggest a way to go about
> >troubleshooting this problem?  Thank you.
>
> this is weird.
> First of all, Geany doesn't do anything special to remote files (yet).
> It just opens the file for writing and this means the file is first
> truncated and then data will be written.
>
> I think your problem is more in GVFS or in FUSE especially because you
> say it happens only on some servers.
> Could you please give some details on used versions of GVFS, Geany, and
> your operating system?
>
> Also, it would be interesting what other non-GVFS enabled applications
> do like Scite or Leafpad.
>
>
> Regards,
> Enrico
>
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