[Zope] How to backup Zope data base?

[Chris Withers]

Etienne Labuschagne wrote:
> 
> What is the best way to backup Zope's database whithout stopping Zope?  When
> I use backup, it just says that the file is in use and cannot be backed up.

MS Backup, yeah? Oh well, never mind ;-)

> What I have done so far is to copy the file in explorer and back that up -
> but it feels kludgey and I'm not sure if I get the database in a state that
> is safe.

That's fine and quite robust. Copy and archive data.fs is the recommended way of
backing up Zope on any platform.

cheers,

Chris