Tony, I never use RBases' mirror command, but during an RBase Session, it would seem to me that if the "mirrored" files already had a pointer to them, they probably are not connectable. I would think you would have to set mirror off to be able to connect to the files.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Nicolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 3:09 PM Subject: RE: R:Tango / Windows2000 > > Greetings from Florida, > > The XCOPY (as well as the SET MIRROR) creates a set of database files in the > desired drive. > Those files, however, are marked as "mirror files" and don't open with the > CON command generating the error 2973. > What is the procedure to use the data inside those files? > > > Tony Nicolini > Dec/26/2001 - 15:09 Hs (Florida) > > > -------------- > No, it's no substitute. Everyone hears the mantra, BackUp, BackUp, BackUp. > But you still will go to your customer and before doing something you > inquire when the last backup was done and you are shocked that they will > often reply with something like "last wednesday" (it's Tuesday next, Right?) > Since storage is so cheap, if you still find yourself unable to drag > yourself to the server to change tapes, you could use a method I used > sucessfully for years that provided at least one days protection. I just > kept another harddrive spinning (100gb + Ide drives now for $300 or so) and > used the Xcopy command run from a scheduler and set the command line > switches for Xcopy to copy only changed files. Quick and effective one day > protection. > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l
