ExamDiff reset's ACL of edited files

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techsc
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ExamDiff reset's ACL of edited files

Post by techsc »

Hello,

while editing files within ExamDiff Pro 3.2c i have the following serious problem: The ACL of the file (running Windows XP with NTFS) are reset.

I think this is happening because while saving edited files ExamDiff seems to copy that file from a temp-directory to the original location.

:!: The save operation should rather be done by opening the source file and directly replacing it's contents - this way the original ACL's are perfectly preserved.

Please ExamDiff Team - look after this.

:?: I'm wondering that noone else seems to have come over this problem.
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Post by psguru »

You are correct. ExamDiff Pro does reset file ACL, and it does use a temp file when saving a file. The bug will be fixed in the next build of 3.3 Alpha (available on the web site).

Interestingly, none of our users, over the years, ever had a problem with this.
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