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dustamaphone

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Jun 19, 2014
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hi there..

first time forum user looking for some insight on a problem i have been experiencing recently with a mac os x (10.6.8) web server, which occurs every time i am editing a file as a time machine backup is running.

initially i had thought this was a flaw in the code for web based WYSIWYG editor used to edit html files stored on the server. anytime a backup was running and i would save my edits to the file, i found that that particular file's content was completely missing when i would go back to it.

while troubleshooting this, i happened to be working with a php file (save.php) stored on the same server, looking for bugs within the programming. as i was determining that variables were still holding their values, etc. etc. i made an edit to save.php and PUT my file to the server (while a backup was running).

upon returning to this file for further editing, i found that save.php was completely empty!

i guess this is good because i know that the problem isn't directly related to the web-based editor... but i feel even more lost about how to troubleshoot the problem than i already was! does anyone have any suggestions as to why my file contents are being erased when a time machine backup is running on my web server? thanks!

tldr: file contents are being completely erased after editing and uploading them to the web server at the same time that a time machine backup is being run.

EDIT: Just to be clear, this is only happening with files that I am actively editing and applying changes to files on the web server. other files not being worked on remain intact.
 
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