anchor.diff:                      andalso not imem_meta:is_local_time_partitioned_table(T)
                   end, imem_meta:all_tables()).
   
  +all_local_time_partitioned_tables() ->
  +    lists:filter(fun(T) ->
  +                    imem_meta:is_readable_table(T)
  +                    andalso imem_meta:is_local_time_partitioned_table(T)
  +                end, imem_meta:all_tables()).
  +
   %% ----- PRIVATE APIS ------------------------------------------------
   
   close_file(Me, FHndl) ->
  
positive.code:         , snap_err/2
          , do_snapshot/1
          , all_snap_tables/0
          ]).
  
  -define(BKP_EXTN, ".bkp").
  
negative.code:     BackFile = filename:join([SnapDir, atom_to_list(Tab)++?BKP_EXTN]),
      NewBackFile = filename:join([SnapDir, atom_to_list(Tab)++?BKP_TMP_EXTN]),
      % truncates the file if already exists and writes the table props
      TblPropBin = case imem_if:read(ddTable, {imem_meta:schema(),Tab}) of
          [] ->           term_to_binary({prop, imem_if:table_info(Tab, user_properties)});
          [DDTableRow] -> term_to_binary({prop, [DDTableRow]})
      end,
      PayloadSize = byte_size(TblPropBin),
      ok = file:write_file(NewBackFile, << PayloadSize:32, TblPropBin/binary >>),
      Me = self(),
  