[ZODB-Dev] Copying filestorage file while program is running

[Toby Dickenson]

On Thursday 17 Oct 2002 2:15 pm, Steve Alexander wrote:
> > index- I suggest not backing up. It is only used to make startup fast=
er.
> > Not having it will make startup a little slower until a new index- is
> > written. If your database has changed since the index was written the=
n it
> > will not be used anyway.
>
> I suggest you back it up, but do not plan to restore it.
> The index file is very useful if you want to recover data from a
> catastrophically damaged Data.fs.

Surely you want to verify that the data.fs is not catastrophically damage=
d=20
before you back it up?