Files that currently in used unable to sync over

Hi there,

I’m running Syncthing on Windows OS. As when I opened my outlook, the .pst file will be in used. The folder has been set as Master in my machine but the another machine keep showing error as below. Is there anyway to let Syncthing to sync over even the file is in used/intact? Something like hobocopy (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/backupcopy-files-that-are-in-use-or-locked-in-windows/)?

INFO: Puller: final: peers who had this file went away, or the file has changed while syncing. will retry later INFO: Puller (folder “xxx”, file “xxx.pst”): pull: peers who had this file went away, or the file has changed while syncing. will retry later

This is probably due to the file changing before the sync completes and not about the file being locked.

There is nothing syncthing can do about the file changing while it is in the middle of the sync and this is the drawback of trying to synchronise these types of files. If you had a way of taking a snapshot of the file every few minutes and syncing that it could be a possible work around but there is still the risk of corrupting the file.

Hm… Will observe next couple days see the file would get sync when is in used.

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