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Number   :  7985
Date     :  2004-06-02
Author   :  John Zeman
Subject  :  Re: switch for open files
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, Francis Leboutte  
wrote:
> At 2/06/2004 19:31, John Zeman wrote:
> >--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "coonfatback"  wrote:
> > > what switch do you use to copy any open files and which switch 
is
> > > used to continue with errors?
> >
> >
> >There is no xxcopy switch to copy open files. If another program 
has
> >a file open and locked, then it's off limits to any other program
> >including xxcopy.
> 
> Is it really off limits of any program? I have heard some backup 
> software are able to do this, like Backup Exec.
> 
> Francis
> 

Kan would be much more qualified to answer this than I am, but in 
general I believe it's basically true. I have heard of some programs 
that can overcome the restriction for certain in use files, such as 
xxclone, but for any given open file that was opened by any given 
program it's been my experience that in general, it's a bad idea to 
even try to copy such files until they've been closed.

I recognize that I may have over simplified things when I made the 
statement that no program could access a locked file, but I did so 
because Brian only asked the simple question of how to copy open 
files without giving any specific details. A simple question without 
any details tends to evoke a simplified answer from me.

John



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