rsync - Dec 2003 - Rsync and files which are in use

I have a problem when I use rsync version 2.5.6  protocol version 26 to copy
files from one server to another.
 
It doesn't seem to copy all files. As far as i can tell it doesn't copy
files which are in use at that time. 
Since among other things i am rsyncing web pages some are always in use.

I use rsync -a to copy them over.

Is it possible to copy files which are open/in use?

> I have a problem when I use rsync version 2.5.6  protocol version 26 to
copy
> files from one server to another.
>
> It doesn't seem to copy all files. As far as i can tell it doesn't
copy
> files which are in use at that time.
> Since among other things i am rsyncing web pages some are always in use.
What OS are you running on the rsync server and client?  Handling of open
files differs from OS to OS; experience has taught me that (for example)
FreeBSD can generally rsync or otherwise read/copy open files transparently,
whereas Win* will absolutely refuse access to open files ==> rsync's out
of
luck.

Jim Salter
JRS Systems