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Muddassir - 27 Jul 2004 09:32 GMT

hi everybody

I am writing an application for tracking files and directory changes
I used

FindFirstChangeNotification
FindNextChangeNotification
FindCloseChangeNotification
ReadDirectoryChangesW

and these are working fine and I can track all changes.

Now I want to interrupt the file system events like if the file i
being changed i want to interrupt this function and want to take th
file backup first. hope u got what i want to know . so can u peopl
please help me out in this problem ??? what functions /methods to us
for this.

Hope to see positive response

byeeeee

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Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] - 27 Jul 2004 14:50 GMT

> hi everybody
>
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> please help me out in this problem ??? what functions /methods to use
> for this.

Normally this kind of thing is done using a file system filter driver and a
cooperating service - which is a very different thing from simply tracking
changes. To write a filter driver, you'll need to purchase the "IFS Kit",
which goes for about $900, and plan to spend a year or so learning enough
about the file system to write a high-quality driver.

You might not be aware, but Windows Server 2003 has a facility called
"Volume Shadow Copy" that can transparently do this for you (within certain
parameters).

-cd

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