[Box Backup] some probs with windows version

[Charles Lecklider]

Ben Summers wrote:
> 
> On 13 Jan 2005, at 01:27, Charles Lecklider wrote:
> 
>> Per Thomsen wrote:
>>
>>> This is expected behaviour. The server keeps the old versions of the 
>>> renamed directories around until they need to be deleted.
>>
>> Except that Windows is case-insensitive; temp -> Temp shouldn't be 
>> tracked as a rename.
> 
> I think Per has mislead you. If it were renamed, the old version would 
> "disappear" instantly, as the name would be changed on the server. The 
> reason there are temp and Temp directories in the root is because a 
> backup location called Temp was removed from the config file, and is 
> waiting to be marked as deleted, and a new location called temp has just 
> been added.

Aha. Yes, that makes sense.

>>  I'm not sure how boxbackup is supposed to deal with that, but the 
>> current behaviour is (from a Windows point of view) simply wrong.
> 
> The root of the store is a special case as it contains backup locations, 
> not backed up directories.
> 
> The current behaviour is to use the case which Windows returns, and if 
> case is changed, treat it as a rename. I think this is sensible, and 
> also compatible with the UNIX version. Or at least, not a bad thing.

Which also makes sense.

No problems here, nothing to see, move along! :-)

-C