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Lockfiles and backups - no good

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trainguy

Structural
Apr 26, 2002
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Hi all.

We are working on Inv. 8 using semi-isolated multi-user projects (with Check-out / Check in), and we are having a problem making live backups.

When we use Windows Explorer to copy and paste all our work ( .ipt, .iam, .idw etc.) to a removable hard drive, we get the following message:

"Error: lockfile.lck - Portions of this file are busy or in use by another process"

This stops the copy operation, and thus the backup, dead in its tracks. The files are hidden, I believe, because they do not appear in the folders. We would like to exclude them manually if possible from the backup set, or we might have to go to a "backup" program, which I'm not too crazy about, given the format of the backup data.

Any help would be appreciated.

tg
 
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