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CRS Can Lock Files Even When Folder Is Excluded

Article ID: 181830

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2003

Microsoft Commercial Internet System 1.0 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Site Server 2.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q181830

SYMPTOMS

An application that opens and closes the file with a write lock may fail when the Content Replication System (CRS) is running in the same folder.

CAUSE

The CRS locks all changed files in the configured folder hierarchy for a short time. This can be a problem if CRS is configured to run in Automatic mode, because it will always be running. Each time a file is closed, CRS will open the file to check whether it should be replicated. Excluding the folder does not change this behavior.

This is by design.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, create a folder structure that does not include any folders that potentially have locking conflicts.

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