[Zope] newbie questions

[David Trudgett]

At 2000-07-06 22:23 -0400, Chris McDonough <chrism@digicool.com> wrote:


>To back up the ZODB, just copy the Data.fs file in the var directory.
>You may safely do this while Zope is running.  To restore, reinstall
>Zope and all the products you're using and copy the Data.fs into the var
>directory.

I don't understand this advice. Couldn't the file change while being read? 
Wouldn't a better way be to pack the database and use the Data.fs.old file 
as the backup?

David Trudgett