On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:22:58AM -0700, Kevin Dalley wrote:
> 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.
> 

It is on a dump by dump basis.  So if not open the next dump, amanda
should get it.  The problem I alluded to was something like this -
IE starts up as a service at boot and sits in the task bar waiting
to be activated quicker than if started from scratch.  It opens some
config files and keeps them open whenever it is running.  In that
situation, neither IE and some dll's, nor its open config files,
can be backed up.

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