On 7/11/02 3:58 AM, "Thomas Schierle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2002-07-11 02:16 +0200, Paul Berkowitz wrote: > >> Actually, Retrospect is completely foolproof (I'm referring to myself). I've >> been using it for months now. It's set to run a backup "script" at 2:30 AM >> every night. (I'd make it 3:00 or 3:30 except there's some Unix stuff that >> apparently runs then.) More than a few times I've still been scripting when >> 2:30 arrives. usually I catch Retrospect and defer for an hour or until >> quit. But sometimes I miss it and it just runs. All it does is give a little >> "boop" when it meets the open Database file (and any open app) and skip it >> with an error logged. No big deal. it won't do the backup if the file is >> open. Very safe. But it also doesn't terminate. It just moves on to the next >> file. Very smart. > > (Entourage 2001 (4011), OS 9.2.2, Retrospect 4.0) > > actually Retrospect *does* backup my open Entourage Database. > Looks to me like E'rage doesn't use OS level locking mechanisms, > but that's just an uneducated guess. > > Somebody @MS care to comment? > Sorry. I guess the times when I've found an error have been not when it was simply open but when I've been active in it - and perhaps only in particular types of ways. It has happened several times, but I have no idea what the circumstances might have been. And perhaps most of those were back when I was still using the "Preview" beta version which I used for an awfully long time. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
