[Info-vax] OpenVMS - file selection abnormally with Copy / Rename or user ignorance?

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <mf8r10$pbj$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> TL;DR:  BACKUP /IGNORE=INTERLOCK is not an entirely reliable online 
> backup mechanism.

If the file is not permanently open, you can do /LOG without /IGN=INTERL
and parse the output.  Then, go back and try those again which weren't 
backed up because they were open.  Repeat as often as necessary.

There are also cases where the file is open, but you know that nothing 
happens during the backup.  Then, and only then, should you expect a 
consistent backup from /IGN=INTERL.