On Tuesday 15 June 2004 16:59, Ivan Prenosil wrote:

Hi,

> > Copying a life data file CAN corrupt the file. The OS can
> > lock (parts of) the file so that the server process can't write
> > anymore - hence, database corruption.
>
> Since FB already has lock on db file, such corruption can't occur
> (unless the OS is badly broken).

External processes can lock a FB db file and prevent FB from writing to it,
at least in 1.x. This isssue has been the only cause of DB corruption we
have had with FB in production.

Phil
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