I would like to see an extension that allows the usage of the Volume Shadow Copy functions. This way if a file is open such as a database file it can still be copied. Most copy function will stop if a file is open or locked.
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I would like to see an extension that allows the usage of the Volume Shadow Copy functions. This way if a file is open such as a database file it can still be copied. Most copy function will stop if a file is open or locked.
why can't you just call an unlocker thou a command line?
Not if you are in the middle of coping a whole set of files and folders or if the file has multiple users on a network.
Shadow copy is really meant as a backup solution so you can roll back to a previous version of a file if you delete it.
Yes that is another reason to have the extension. Get back to another version of or for backing up/coping files which are multi-user and open by users. Creating a Volume Shadow copy before copying get around the open issue or getting to a previous file version that is avaiable on the disk.
There are commandline tools you can use on windows server but not too sure if you can use them on XP.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc787108.aspx
If you are running the software server side then this shouldn't be a problem otherwise you will probably need to implement your own solution.