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# backup.cif
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# 
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# Copyright (c) 2010 Accenture. All rights reserved.
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# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
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# under the terms of the "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
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# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
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# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
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# 
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# Initial Contributors:
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# Accenture - Initial contribution
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#
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==name backup
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==short-description
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Put the handset into backup mode.
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==long-description
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A means of requesting backup aware modules to close their file handles. Note, this command does not actually B<perform> a backup, it merely prepares the system for one. It can be useful if you want to copy a file that is normally held open by a running process. Another strategy if this doesn't work (note, not everything is backup aware) is to do something like:
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  kill -m some-process && cp some-file .
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==see-also
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L<restore|restore>
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==argument enum operation
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The required operation to perform.
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==enum-value start
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Request that all backup aware modules release their file handles and prepare for a backup.
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==enum-value stop
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Request that all backup aware modules reclaim their file handles.
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==copyright
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Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Accenture. All rights reserved.
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