-=> nelgin wrote to Gamgee <=-

 > I cannot understand why anyone would do something like this.  Why do such a
 > thing instead of just shutting down the BBS, then updating, and then
 > restarting it?  Makes no sense to me.

 ne> Why would you shut the board down when you can just lock your message
 ne> bases and do a backup? Doesn't make sense to me.

Because, as you said yourself, it reduces risks.  File corruption, 
invalid backup, etc.  If you've got locked/open files, are you really 
getting a backup of everything?  Plus, it's significantly more 
work/hassle to do it that way.  



... As a matter of fact, it IS a banana in my pocket.
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