locked file

[Kirt]

By locked files i mean Outlook PST file while Outlook has it open

Simon Forman wrote:
> Kirt wrote:
> > i have a code that backsup file from src to dest.
> >  Now if some of the files are locked , i need to skip those files..
> > I was trying to use fctl module but it can be used only in unix i
> > suppose.
> >
> > is there anyother way? i am using windows os.
>
> What does locked mean in this case?  No read permissions? In use by
> another program?
>
> I haven't used windows in a long time, and I wasn't aware that one
> could lock files in it.
> 
> Peace,
> ~Simon