Find lost tex file

[Yemeen]

I closed my tex file without saving, but the live preview of the pdf remains. Does live-preview save a copy of the tex file somewhere or am I out of luck?

[xuhdev]

In your system temporary directory (e.g., /tmp or /tmp/your_user_name), there might be a directory named vim-latex-live-preview-xxxxx. Your file might be in that directory. If not, I'm afraid you are out of luck. (Don't reboot! Otherwise it may be gone forever)

[Yemeen]

Even in Macos? When viewing it on skim I noticed this .

But when searching through tmp, I can find no such folder. Would putting it to sleep clear the tmp files?

[xuhdev]

I'm not sure -- tmp files can be cleared regularly whenever the OS feels beneficial.

[Yemeen]

Found it! For reference this was the folder it was in for anyone who doesn't save often like me.