[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 16277] New: xfce randomly loses configuration files

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16277

            Bug ID: 16277
           Summary: xfce randomly loses configuration files
    Classification: Xfce Core
           Product: Xfconf
           Version: 4.12.0
          Hardware: PC (x86_64)
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: lockywolf at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: Xfce 4.12

Sometimes files in .config/xfce4 just disappear if the hdd loses power. 

I suspect that the way xfce works with configuration files is not really safe,
that is xfce just directly writes into a file instead of creating a file with a
random name and then moving it over the old one. This becomes important if the
hdd loses power (which happens on laptops quite often), although I am not
entirely sure this is the case.

I had this experience recently, when my xfce4-panel lost half of the panel *.rc
files.

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