[softwarelist] Re: SyncDiscs again

In message of 30 Nov, David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <4e8e0bedeachris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Johnson 
> <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >Well, that requires the original source code and time to modify it,
> >so I guess it is back to David.
> 
> Interesting points.
> 
> Releasing the source code is a possibility.
> 
> SyncDiscs looks at the disc contents and produces a set of copy etc. 
> operations. I've always wondered about turning these into instructions 
> to "filer action" (which is the multi tasking version of *copy).
> 
> Multitasking has the problem that whilst the copying is going on, the 
> files being synchronised are open to being changed.

Yes and I remember once when a system at work used to do the backups
while everyone was using their machines.  One or two files got into a
muddle and we had to move to doing a non-multitasking backup after
working hours.

I would be interested to hear if anyone has now found how to make
reliable backups when file operations are still going on.

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Tim Powys-Lybbe                                          tim@xxxxxxxxx
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