Do the files do not get to amanda, even if they are not open on the
next run?

Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> writes:

> IIRC you can't do a second open for read of a file already opened.
> I'm guessing that it depends on how the first application does its
> opening, exclusive or ???  But there seem to be a lot of files on
> my PC systems that can't be backed up for this reason.  Some of
> the files are things that seem to be opened when the system boots
> and stay open.  I think those never get to amanda.

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Kevin Dalley
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