Open Files

The options listed on this page can be accessed from the Open Files window.

Include open files (allow read & write access to source file during transfer)

Use this option when you want to include open files and allow users to modify them while they are being transferred. For locked files such as database files, PeerSync will first attempt to process them using the Managed Files setting if enabled.  If this process is not enabled or fails, locked files will be retried based on the retry open/inaccessible files setting.

Note:  If PeerSync is able to synchronize files which are in use by other applications, access to those applications may in certain instances be temporarily lost during synchronization.

Include open files (allow read access to source file during transfer)

Use this option when you want to include files that are open for read-only access. Users will be able to open source files for read-only access while they are being transferred. For files that are being modified or are locked PeerSync will first attempt to process them using the Managed Files setting if enabled.  If this process is not enabled or fails, these files will be retried based on the retry open/inaccessible files setting.

Exclude open files (allow read access to source file during transfer)

Use this option when you want to replicate only files that are closed. Files that are opened or locked will be retried based on the retry open/inaccessible files setting. Users will be denied write access to source files that are being transferred but may have the option to open them in read-only mode.

We recommend you use this option when doing replication/collaboration from one source to multiple destinations. This option allows PeerSync to replicate files from one source to multiple destinations, in parallel, while at the same time protecting the source files from write access during their transfer.

Exclude open files (deny all access to source file during transfer)

Use this option when you want to replicate only files that are closed. Files that are opened or locked will be retried based on the retry open/inaccessible files setting. Users will be denied complete access to the source files that are being transferred.

We recommend you use this option when doing real-time bi-dirrectional synchronization/collaboration between two hosts. For collaboration between more then two machines we recommend you use the Exclude open files (allow read access to source file during transfer) option.