On 8/24/05 at 1:26 PM, Jeremy Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>Mikael Byström (24/8/05 12:22 pm) said:
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>>>Retrospect checks the integrity of backups, so this isn't really a problem.
>>
>>How can it check integrity of PowerMail structures?
>
>It checks that backup copies of files are identical with the original
>files (if a file changes during a backup, this isn't the case). It also
>reports which files which were not backed up successfully.
Jeremy,
That's not the issue: the issue is that you're backing up an open file.
Database engines do housekeeping before the close a file. When Retrospect
restores it, all of the dirty flags and cleanup routines that are done
when the database engine closes a database won't have been done, things
internally are out of place for a file that's expected to be closed, and
the file may be unusable... even if Retrospect restores exactly what it
was given.
Steve Abrahamson
Ascending Technologies
FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
http://www.asctech.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
