Re: [Zope] Data.fs.lock?

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:30:30 -0500, addyd@unk.edu wrote:

The tech that does backups on my new NT server (IIS) tells me that everything backs up ok except the \var\Data.fs.lock file. Is that normal or a problem?

It's definitely normal, and arguably a problem. On Windows, any file opened for write access by the C fopen function has its sharing flags set so that no other process can read or write the file. I solve the problem with a small batch file, scheduled to run just before the backup, that looks similar to.... net stop zope copy c:/zope/var/data.fs c:/zope/var/backupdata.fs net start zope hope this helps, Toby Dickenson tdickenson@geminidataloggers.com