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[Luca Invernizzi <invernizzi.l@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think we could also investigate why the file is empty. Maybe it would be best
to save a temporary file and then "mv" the file to the actual location.
This problem has been already dealt with with most text editing applications 
(I think vim does the mv - or did, I'm not sure -). There are articles around
the web on this matter. 
Example:
http://bitworking.org/news/390/text-editor-saving-routines
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:49:13PM -0000, Lionel Dricot wrote:
> Indeed, we should have an automated backup solutions for tag.xml. If the
> tag.xml cannot be loaded, then the backup should be used.
> 
> Maybe there's also some point in the code where we keep the file opened
> without reason ?
> 
> 
> There's already a backup code available in tools/cleanxml.py
> 
> ** Summary changed:
> 
> - Program crashes on start (tags.xml size is 0)
> + tags.xml is sometimes deleted
> 
> ** Changed in: gtg
>        Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
> 
> ** Changed in: gtg
>    Importance: Undecided => Critical
> 
> -- 
> tags.xml is sometimes deleted
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579189
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> Status in Getting Things GNOME!: Confirmed
> 
> Bug description:
> Getting Things Gnome! 0.2.4
> LinuxMint 7.
> 
> yuriy@ynix ~ $ /home/yuriy/YuriyInstalledSoft/gtg-0.2.4/gtg
> Error parsing XML file /home/yuriy/.local/share/gtg/tags.xml: no element found: line 1, column 0
> 
> The size of tags.xml file is 0. It is empty.
> Fortunately I have had backup of my config files and restored tags.xml.
> 
>

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tags.xml is sometimes deleted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579189
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Status in Getting Things GNOME!: Confirmed

Bug description:
Getting Things Gnome! 0.2.4
LinuxMint 7.

yuriy@ynix ~ $ /home/yuriy/YuriyInstalledSoft/gtg-0.2.4/gtg
Error parsing XML file /home/yuriy/.local/share/gtg/tags.xml: no element found: line 1, column 0

The size of tags.xml file is 0. It is empty.
Fortunately I have had backup of my config files and restored tags.xml.