I'm working on a board layout with Eagle. I tried to open the file today and get a message "error reading file". No other info besides that and I haven't been able to find anything about this. It does this with both the .sch and .brd files. Any ideas?
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\$\begingroup\$ Version conflict? \$\endgroup\$– dext0rbCommented Nov 12, 2012 at 22:49
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\$\begingroup\$ No it's the same version that I was working with it yesterday. \$\endgroup\$– JDDCommented Nov 12, 2012 at 22:51
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\$\begingroup\$ Are you opening it through Eagle or through the (Windows?) file browser? Do you Dropbox your files at all? \$\endgroup\$– SamuelCommented Nov 12, 2012 at 22:55
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\$\begingroup\$ I'm using Ubuntu but I've tried opening it through both Eagle and the file browser. I think Ubuntu does an automatic backup. I'll look into that thanks! \$\endgroup\$– JDDCommented Nov 12, 2012 at 22:59
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\$\begingroup\$ If it is a recent Eagle version, you may open the .brd and .sch files with a text viewer, because they are basically xml text files. This may give you a clue of what is happening or a way to fix it. \$\endgroup\$– apalopohapaCommented Nov 12, 2012 at 23:12
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If it is a recent Eagle version, you may open the .brd and .sch files with a text viewer, because they are basically xml text files. This may give you a clue of what is happening or a way to fix it.
BTW, eagle also keeps a few backups (exact number is configurable) of the last saves.
For example, .sch backups will look like this:
mysch.s#1
mysch.s#2
...
Similary, .brd backups will look like this:
mybrd.b#1
mybrd.b#2
And even library backups (previous saves) will look as follows:
mylbr.l#1
mylbr.l#2
...
answered Nov 13, 2012 at 0:49