Waiting after auto-close

[johnsgp]

I have a profile that auto-closes the Firefox browser before doing a fast backup. Unfortunately, it starts doing the fast backup before Firefox is fully closed meaning there are several locked files which then cause an error. I cannot find a way to make it pause after the auto-closure - only before.

I'm using v8.9.15, and couldn't see if there is a new feature for this in v10.

[mmullins_98]

You might want to do the "Test" as below to make sure that auto-close is selecting correctly.

"To add a program to the list, click the Add button. You are then prompted to enter the words that appear in the application title bar of the program you want closed, or select one from the drop-down list. For example, if you want to close Microsoft Word then type Microsoft Word. An important point to remember is that it is case sensitive. For example, if you use microsoft word then it would fail. You only need to enter a fragment, i.e. you do not need to type in the exact title but just a portion of it. To be sure the setting is correct try running the program you wish to close then click the Test button."

[johnsgp]

Firefox does actually close, but it takes a few seconds to release locks. During this time, the fast backup has already started and thus builds an expectation that cannot be met. These are the errors on my last run - it's the same error message for each of the 7 files:

\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\cookies.sqlite-shm
\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\cookies.sqlite-wal
\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\datareporting\aborted-session-ping
\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\favicons.sqlite-shm
\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\favicons.sqlite-wal
\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\places.sqlite-shm
\Profiles\4vqzo7k9.default\places.sqlite-wal

Message:

Failed to copy from Source : Cannot copy file (2): The system cannot find the file specified The file may have been deleted between the time it was scanned and the attempt to copy it was made

I can avoid this by either closing Firefox myself rather than letting SyncBack do it, or I could exclude those files from the backup, but I'm not sure that such exclusions would be good, so I'd rather just have a delay in the automation.

[mmullins_98]

A couple of comments.
The error message says the files were there when scanned but are missing when the copy operation happens. This is different from the files remaining locked too long which could be copied even if still open by syncbackpro. Firefox does intend to delete these files and as such you could safely eliminate them. The problem though would likely reocur on different files from firefox.
Your idea to incorporate a delay may be the best approach.
I have created a batch file in the past where I used the taskkill batch command to terminate a program and added a wait command before starting the syncback profile in the bat file.

[johnsgp]

Hi mmullins_98, thank you this works for me! Apologies for the delay in trying it out but I got distracted by "life".

This is my script in case it helps others:

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taskkill /im firefox.exe
sleep 5

I put it in a file called Firefox-Backup-Script.bat, and it runs from the "Programs - Before" as
"C:\Users\MyAccount\Firefox-Backup-Script.bat"