[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 117967] On Linux LibreOffice doesn't protect users from accidental content overwrite when a file was updated outside of LibreOffice and the warning dialog was cancelled out of once

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117967

--- Comment #6 from yury.dubinsky at gmail.com ---
I re-tested per your suggestion.
I installed 6.2.4. Unfortunately, this behaviour was not changed.  There are
steps  that I performed.
1. Create a text document. (Or any other LO file) 
2. Create in another directory a soft link to this file.
3. In any file manager click the original file and the link. LO will open the
file and the link in two separate windows. 
4. Make a change in one window and save it.
5. Make a change in another window and try to save.  You will receive the
pop-up warning with two options: save anyway or cancel. Press Cancel and then
save again. The content of the file will be overwritten.

To avoid this problem, we need to check the file timestamp before each save,
and not just the first time we try to save.
In addition, most editors check the timestamp every time the window becomes
active. Then users will be informed before they start changing the content.

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