Where does TextWrangler store is "unsaved" text files?

[EirenS]

When TextWrangler 3.1 crashes and you reopen it, previously unsaved
text editing sessions (unsaved files) are restored. This is a
wonderful feature.

Where does TextWrangler 3.1 store these files? I care because I
upgraded from OS X 10.6.4 to 10.6.6 and Force Quit TW as an expedient
way to get it closed without losing my numerous unsaved text editing
sessions. When I rebooted after the OS X upgrade and re-ran TW, the
text files were not restored.

I really want to get them back.

Thank you for any help.

[Rich Siegel]

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, EirenS <eir...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Where does TextWrangler 3.1 store these files? I care because I
>upgraded from OS X 10.6.4 to 10.6.6 and Force Quit TW as an expedient
>way to get it closed without losing my numerous unsaved text editing
>sessions.

That's a really dangerous thing to do. Applications are not
designed to be force-quit, and every time you do it you risk
data loss.

Auto-save data lives in ~/Library/Application
Support/TextWrangler/Auto-Save Recovery/. If that folder is
empty you are out of luck.

R.
--
Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
<sie...@barebones.com> <http://www.barebones.com/>

Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they
sedate me.

[EirenS]

That directory has no files in it.

> That's a really dangerous thing to do. Applications are not
> designed to be force-quit, and every time you do it you risk
> data loss.

Absolutely. In this case, I knew there was a higher chance than usual
that I'd lose the unsaved sessions since I was also doing an OS X
upgrade. I weighed that before killing TextWrangler and doing the
upgrade.

Thanks for your help.

[Rich Siegel]

You may wish to consider upgrading to BBEdit, which has a
"Sleep" command. If you routinely force-quit TextWrangler and
hope for the best, Sleep will do exactly what you need, reliably.

[Eiren Smith]

On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Rich Siegel wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, EirenS <eir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Absolutely. In this case, I knew there was a higher chance than usual
>> that I'd lose the unsaved sessions since I was also doing an OS X
>> upgrade. I weighed that before killing TextWrangler and doing the
>> upgrade.
>
> You may wish to consider upgrading to BBEdit, which has a "Sleep" command. If you routinely force-quit TextWrangler and hope for the best, Sleep will do exactly what you need, reliably.
>
> R.
> --
> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
> <sie...@barebones.com> <http://www.barebones.com/>
>

Thanks, Rich. That's a handy feature!

/eiren