[Box Backup] Attributes not backed up correctly, also request to add ACL support

Achim boxbackup@boxbackup.org
Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:35:19 +0200


Hello Roy:

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:57:50 +0200, Roy <boxbackup@hostingbrothers.nl>
wrote:
> Local file xxx has different attributes to store file yyy.
> Is that a problem? Or is this a problem in the way that file attributes 
> work under Windows?

At the moment, it appears that some Windows attributes (hidden, archive,
system) are not backed up correctly by Box Backup R2549:

Before backup
=============
D:\install\AJL\BACKUPTEST\CASES\Set_5-file-attributes>attrib
A  SHR     D:\install\AJL\BACKUPTEST\CASES\Set_5-file-attributes\all
           D:\install\AJL\BACKUPTEST\CASES\Set_5-file-attributes\archive
A   H      D:\install\AJL\BACKUPTEST\CASES\Set_5-file-attributes\hidden
A    R     D:\install\AJL\BACKUPTEST\CASES\Set_5-file-attributes\readonly
A  S       D:\install\AJL\BACKUPTEST\CASES\Set_5-file-attributes\system

After restore
=============
D:\restore\Set_5-file-attributes>attrib
A    R     D:\restore\Set_5-file-attributes\all
A          D:\restore\Set_5-file-attributes\archive
A          D:\restore\Set_5-file-attributes\hidden
A    R     D:\restore\Set_5-file-attributes\readonly
A          D:\restore\Set_5-file-attributes\system

It appears that Read-Only works, but Hidden and System do not get backed
up/restored correctly. In addition, as I wrote in my e-mail "ACL support"
from 11/04/2009 at 18:33, I wonder if it would be possible to add support
for additional information on top of the POSIX ACL (which I haven't tested
either, BTW).

Any views on this?