The thing is, with a database that is shared over many DBF files unless

you can exclusively lock each one at a given point and then back them

all up before unlocking you will never be sure you have a valid snapshot

in time.

--

Alan Bourke

alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, at 06:54 PM,

mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

> On 2017-01-27 06:02, Man-wai Chang wrote:

> > Always wrote our own Foxpro routines to backup and/or do data transfer

> > (sometimes using external data compression programs) .... It's not

> > that complicated. :)

> >

> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:54 AM, Rick Schummer

> > <profox@whitelightcomputing.com> wrote:

> >> SET MARKETING ON && for those who are not interested

> >>

> >> CleverFox Backup backs up VFP data (DBC and/or free tables) even if

> >> they are open in shared mode, something other

> >> backups sometimes fail to do, or will only do when they table gets

> >> closed. It also can do SQL Server backups too, which

> >> is perfect for those who are using SQL Server Express, or better. All

> >> on a scheduled basis, configurable to be done

> > a call if you (or anyone else on the list) are interested.

> > 586.254.2530.

> >> ....

> >> SET MARKETING OFF

>

>

>

> Can't you just do a FLOCK() and then SELECT * from Source into table

> c:\backup\Target ?

>

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