[IPython-dev] Checkpoints & empty directories

[Thomas Kluyver]

Hi Tony,

What version of the notebook are you running, and is there anything special
about the folder where you're saving  (e.g. is it a network drive, or
synced with something like Dropbox)? That sounds like an issue with the
atomic saving.

Thomas

On 22 July 2015 at 09:26, Tony Cappellini <cappy2112 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> While running the Jupyter notebook, I periodically see messages that the
> notebook is autosaved.
>
> Today, I opened Windows Explorer in the directory where all of my
> notebooks are stored. I was surprised to see 30+ directories named with the
> last notebook I had created, along with a unique
> sequence number appended to "ipnb"
>
> I was under the impression that each of these directories contained
> snapshots of my notebook at various stages of its evolution, however all of
> the directories are empty.
>
> What is the purpose of creating all of the empty directories?
> Is there a configuration setting to change this?
>
> While this isn't a problem, it's just a nuisance, the code and notes I had
> entered into that notebook
> is nowhere to be found.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
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