JAL-3210 JAL-3141 JAL-3056 disable backups in JalviewJS

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / Desktop.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index 89499c1..1e5904c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -1705,12 +1705,16 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
           // TODO prevent user from messing with the Desktop whilst we're saving
           try
           {
-            BackupFiles backupfiles = new BackupFiles(chosenFile);
+               boolean doBackup = BackupFiles.getEnabled();
+            BackupFiles backupfiles = doBackup ? new BackupFiles(chosenFile) : null;
 
-            new Jalview2XML().saveState(backupfiles.getTempFile());
+            new Jalview2XML().saveState(doBackup ? backupfiles.getTempFile() : chosenFile);
 
-            backupfiles.setWriteSuccess(true);
-            backupfiles.rollBackupsAndRenameTempFile();
+            if (doBackup)
+            {
+              backupfiles.setWriteSuccess(true);
+              backupfiles.rollBackupsAndRenameTempFile();
+            }
           } catch (OutOfMemoryError oom)
           {
             new OOMWarning("Whilst saving current state to "