Re: How to save Outlook mailbox ?

Yves Bellefeuille <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:05:44 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.rdiff-backup.general
Message-ID <2050418.MUCkTXMAH2@debian11>
Le mardi 10 janvier 2023, 11 h 23 min 50 s EST Patrik Dufresne a écrit :

> I'm using rdiff-backup on Windows 10 and I want to use it to backup
> the ".ost" files containing the Outlook mailbox. To my understanding
> Outlook is locking these files exclusively and that prevents
> rdiff-backup to copy the file seamlessly. In fact, when rdiff-backup
> tries to backup these files a simple "Permissions Error" is raised.

Have you tried closing Outlook first?

Yves

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