Continuous profile backup
I currently back up most of the files on my computer with a program that watches files and uploads them to cloud whenever they change. I'm wondering if this would be an effective way to back up my Thunderbird profile, given that I usually have Thunderbird open.
I've noticed the article on profiles says to close Thunderbird prior to copying the profile folder for a (manual) backup. Is that just to prevent users from getting tripped up by the lock file? Or is there another reason for it?
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Thunderbird will have files open for editing, at all times it is open. Trying to backup it up while running is asking for trouble as the open file may well backup as empty, inconsistent or just plain corrupted.