On 1 Dec, Brian Carroll wrote in message <4e8e6676dfbric@xxxxxxx>: > In article <85165d8e4e.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tim > Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I would be interested to hear if anyone has now found how to make > > reliable backups when file operations are still going on. > > Me too. How do RAID systems do it? They write the copies of the files when they are written to disc, and not as an 'afterthought' during a later backup process. -- Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/