diff -u -p -u -r1.38 rs274ngc_pre.cc
--- src/emc/rs274ngc/rs274ngc_pre.cc	6 Mar 2007 23:41:26 -0000	1.38
+++ src/emc/rs274ngc/rs274ngc_pre.cc	8 Mar 2007 21:35:05 -0000
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ int Interp::save_parameters(const char *
   strcat(line, RS274NGC_PARAMETER_FILE_BACKUP_SUFFIX);
   CHK((rename(filename, line) != 0), NCE_CANNOT_CREATE_BACKUP_FILE);
 
+  sleep(5);
   // open backup for reading
   infile = fopen(line, "r");
   CHK((infile == NULL), NCE_CANNOT_OPEN_BACKUP_FILE);