Can Robocopy be made to skip open files?

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Published on 2012-11-01T14:38:23Z Indexed on 2013/07/01 10:23 UTC
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We are using Robocopy to redistribute files which arrive via FTP in a drop folder. Ideally we want Robocopy to leave files alone if they are still being FTPd.

Having tried various switches, Robocopy still copies the open files. It doesn't delete them, so the FTP continues unaffected. However, we end up with truncated files being distributed to their destination.

Can Robocopy be made to skip open files?

Perhaps there is something more suitable than Robocopy for this task?

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