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Step 7 - File Locking

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The File Locking settings page contains miscellaneous configuration items pertaining to a how source and target files are locked by PeerLink, and is available by selecting File Locking from the tree node within the File Collaboration Configuration dialog.

 

 

filelocking_config

 

Below are a list of general fields and their descriptions:

 

Allow Write Access During Sync.

If enabled, users will be allowed write access to source files that are currently being synchronized. If not checked, then users will be denied write access to source files during synchronization, but will be able to open them in read-only mode.

Enable Source Snapshot Sync.

If enabled, a snapshot copy of the source file will be created for files that meet the snapshot configuration criteria below, and this copy will be used for synchronization purposes.  In addition, no file handle will be held on the source file except while making a copy of the file.

Snapshot File Extensions

A comma separated list of file extensions for which source snapshot synchronization will be utilized.

Max File Size (MB)

The maximum file size for which source snapshot synchronization will be utilized.