Copy open files using Volume Shadow copy Service

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szir
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Copy open files using Volume Shadow copy Service

Post by szir »

Hi everyone

I really love FAR manager and I use it all the time. So first of all thanks to all the developers.

I was thinking about file/folder synchronization and what would it need to handle (symbolic links, hard links, ACLs, attributes, NTFS encrypted files, open files, network shares... )
Then I had an idea: It would be nice if FAR could copy open files. I searched "shadow copy farmanager" but only found one topic. (I was hoping for a plugin or something)

What I came up with is a User Menu entry to copy selected files:

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Label=Copy files with Volume Shadow Copy Service
Command=E:\bin\VSCS.cmd "!^!\" "!#!\" "!^!@!"



Colored versions available here: http://szikraistvan.no-ip.info/work/script/

I tested it on mail.pst, apache logs.. and it seem to work fine. Unfortunately xcopy doesn't seem to work with \\?\ paths.

Hope Shadow Copy will get into FAR 3.0 :)

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Istvan Szikra
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alexmitin
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Re: Copy open files using Volume Shadow copy Service

Post by alexmitin »

Then I had an idea: It would be nice if FAR could copy open files. I searched "shadow copy farmanager" but only found one topic. (I was hoping for a plugin or something)
I think you are referring to this topic:
http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6180

You forgot to mention that the user should have admin rights to use your script.
szir
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Re: Copy open files using Volume Shadow copy Service

Post by szir »

Yes, I was referring to that topic :)

And you are right, Volume Shadow Copy Service requires admin rights to create shadow copy. Technically (I believe) Local System, Administrator, Network Service, Local Service have sufficient access rights. (on 2008 server additional users can be trusted with the appropriate privileges)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... S.10).aspx
Kohler
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Copy open files using Volume Shadow copy Service

Post by Kohler »

Tried it, seems also that user needs admin rights to use script.
szir wrote: Sun 08 May, 2011 19:32 What I came up with is a User Menu entry to copy selected files:
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