[Box Backup] keeping files specified time

[Ben Summers]

The current algorithm is generally sufficient to maintain a good  
range of old versions of files. It doesn't have the level of control  
that you want, but we're planning this for a future version.

If you do want to mess with the code, find this clause

			// Potentially add it to the list if it's deleted, if it's an old  
version or deleted
			if((enFlags & (BackupStoreDirectory::Entry::Flags_Deleted |  
BackupStoreDirectory::Entry::Flags_OldVersion)) != 0)
			{

in HousekeepStoreAccount::ScanDirectory() (around line 350 or so) and  
then add extra bits to stop it becoming true. This clause selects the  
files which might be deleted.

Ben



On 14 Nov 2006, at 14:54, Torsten Boob wrote:

> Hello,
>
> if the Softlimit is reached for a user, then old Files will be  
> deleted by the housekeeping process. So only one, the last, version  
> of the file is backed up.
>
> I would like to have a function to keep the files several days. In  
> traditional Backup Systems it is possible to recover files, that  
> are n days old.
>
> Is it possible to implement such an function into boxbackup ? I  
> imagine
> to modifiy the function HousekeepStoreAccount::DeleteFiles() not to  
> delete files younger than n days. Do i have to pay attention to  
> other functions not to get into trouble with side effects ?
>
> Is there an other oder better way for my dreams ? :)
>
> Thanks
>   Torsten
>
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