Copying/moving files open for writing

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trybik
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Copying/moving files open for writing

#1 Post by trybik » 23.08.2010, 11:32

Free Commander allows to copy a file that is opened for writing. This can be useful at times (for example you can copy an Excel sheet that is open), but it can lead to data loss: imagine a situation where a program fetches data from database and saves it to file. If you copy a file while it's not yet ready, you'll get a copy that is missing some part of data, but since you got no warning, you may think that the file is complete.

My wish:
1) On attempt to copy a file that is opened for writing, issue a warning, with possibility to continue or skip.
2) Point 1 should be configurable — with possibility to disable it, but enabled by default.
3) On attempt to move a file that is opened for writing, issue a warning, with possibility to continue or skip. If user presses “skip”, file shouldn't be copied at all (treat “move” as one logical operation, not two separate “copy+delete”).

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