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Originally Posted by Undertoad
If the system is using a file actually named "tmp" or with a .tmp extension or in a tmp directory/folder, then my suggestion would be that you not close it AND that you not back it up. A system should understand that tmp files may cease to exist and don't have any permanent meaning to the OS.
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I have been expansive in my definition of the files I back up. I have the space, and I have sought to keep the definitions simple, and to err on the side of inclusiveness. I suppose it would be a fairly simple rule to exclude *.tmp, but I haven't. In fact, the only rule I have created beyond the defaults has been to exclude the pagefile.sys. The reasoning is the same as you described above, but the return to me is much much greater. One rule, one file (per server) and I save mega megabytes... well not literally, but you understand.