From 72f36f8a82e9ed4a184b9029cb53780e62a9bea8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Crook <james.k.crook@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 15:28:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 1622 - Cryptic error message when existing project cannot
 be saved

---
 src/ProjectFileManager.cpp | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ProjectFileManager.cpp b/src/ProjectFileManager.cpp
index d3809f299..ded22a58c 100644
--- a/src/ProjectFileManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ProjectFileManager.cpp
@@ -352,14 +352,15 @@ bool ProjectFileManager::DoSave (const bool fromSaveAs,
       safetyFileName = fileName + wxT(".bak");
 #endif
 
+      bool bOK=true;
       if (wxFileExists(safetyFileName))
-         wxRemoveFile(safetyFileName);
+         bOK = wxRemoveFile(safetyFileName);
 
       if ( !wxRenameFile(fileName, safetyFileName) ) {
          AudacityMessageBox(
             wxString::Format(
-               _("Could not create safety file: %s"), safetyFileName ),
-            _("Error"), wxICON_STOP, &window);
+               _("Audacity failed to write file %s.\nPerhaps disk is full or not writable."), safetyFileName ),
+            _("Error Writing to File"), wxICON_STOP, &window);
          return false;
       }
    }