Hi :) Good back-up processes 'should' exclude anything that has not changed. That is they 'should' be able to identify which files and folders have changed with a reasonable level of accuracy. Like syncing process are meant to do.
Grsync is quite nice. If you are happy on the command-line then you can use it's back-end "rsync" on it's own. Just install from your package manager (assuming you are not using Windows). There are other programs. If that is the reason you want to get rid of lock-files then just close the document you are editing and then the lock-file should disappear and if not then it can be deleted without it grumbling. Other system files you might want to get rid of are the desktop.ini files that appear in every folder but they might be important to Windows so it might not be a good idea to remove them. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: John Clegg <[email protected]> >To: Enda <[email protected]> >Cc: Dan Lewis <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 15:35 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder as >document when opening it for viewing > >Could you just not exclude this directory from the backup? > >On 13 September 2012 15:29, Enda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When I backup all the files, I like to see which files are being backed >> up, if the folder has changed (by having a file created and deleted) I see >> this folder I when I backup. I would rather not see folders that have not >> really changed. >> >> >> (I am not trying to open the file more than once.) >> >> >> - Enda >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 3:11 PM >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder >> as document when opening it for viewing >> >> What does it prevent you from doing? Are you trying to open this file >> more than once? You see, I'm confused why you need to override this >> function of LO. Since the dot files are hidden anyway, I don't see what >> difference the existence of these files make. The answer to my questions >> might enlighten me. >> >> --Dan >> >> On 09/13/2012 10:00 AM, Enda wrote: >> > I am the only user on the system. When I view a file, a dot file (like >> .~lock.file.doc#) is created. How can I override (stop) this in LibreOffice? >> > >> > >> > - Enda >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Jay Lozier <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Cc: >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:33 PM >> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same >> folder as document when opening it for viewing >> > >> > On 09/12/2012 09:23 AM, Enda wrote: >> >> OS: Ubuntu >> >> >> >> Calligra does not create a dot file when viewing files, is there an >> option to turn this off in LibreOffice? >> >> >> >> >> >> - Enda >> > Do you want multiple users to be able to edit the file at the same time? >> > I think this is causing confusion on the list. >> > >> > Often a program will create a lock file to prevent other users from >> > modifying a file while someone is editing the file. This is a fairly >> > common procedure and in some programs can be over ridden. >> > >> > A "dot" file can also refer to the MSO XP Word template with *.dot >> > extension. >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Andreas Säger <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Cc: >> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:41 PM >> >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: not create a dot file in same folder >> as document when opening it for viewing >> >>>> Am 11.09.2012 18:01, Enda Noname wrote: >> >>>>> Can Libreoffice not create a dot file in same folder as document when >> >>>>> opening it for viewing? >> >>>>> .~lock.file.doc# >> >> Is it really that difficult to tell us exactly about the situation? We >> >> don't even know the operating system. >> >> Is it really that difficult to copy some documents into a test >> >> directory, display hidden files and open them read-only? >> >> >> >> 4 tests on Linux: >> >> 1) libreoffice -view blah.odt [no lock file] >> >> 2) chmod -w blah.odt >> >> libreoffice blah.odt [no lock file] >> >> 3) menu:File>Open... [X] Read Only [no lock file] >> >> 4) menu:Save As... 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