Re: Tidy - Bug report (2)

On 12 Dec 2000, at 7:44, Rolf Hemmerling wrote:

> Problem: If I use "automatic" file redirection, I get an EMPTY file. In
> fact, as I was not careful enough, I **lost** the original file, as I
> usually copied the "new" file over the "old" file, to get a better
> formated version ! 

Do not use file redirection.  Instead, use the "-m" option when running 
Tidy.  With this method, Tidy will not rewrite the file if it finds an 
error, so your original file would be unchanged.

                                      -- Dave

Received on Tuesday, 12 December 2000 23:39:58 UTC