// proper location once that has been done successfully. that
// way we preserve the original file if something goes wrong.
string const savepath = fileName().onlyPath().absFileName();
- string savename = "tmp-" + fileName().onlyFileName();
+ int fnum = 1;
+ string const fname = fileName().onlyFileName();
+ string savename = "tmp-" + convert<string>(fnum) + "-" + fname;
FileName savefile(addName(savepath, savename));
while (savefile.exists()) {
- if (savefile.absFileName().size() > 1024) {
+ // surely that is enough tries?
+ if (fnum > 100) {
Alert::error(_("Write failure"),
bformat(_("Cannot find temporary filename for:\n %1$s.\n"
"Even %2$s exists!"),
from_utf8(savefile.absFileName())));
return false;
}
- savename = "tmp-" + savename;
+ fnum += 1;
+ savename = "tmp-" + convert<string>(fnum) + "-" + fname;
savefile.set(addName(savepath, savename));
}