Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 22:51:22 -0500 on Monday, November 17, 2008: > Is the following true: > 1. If a directory is *empty*, is there any reason for it to have an > attrib file? > > Because in playing around with creating and deleting directory contents, I > found that sometimes even after emptying directory contents, the > subsequent incremental backups may sometimes still have (empty) > attrib files. > > 2. If not, can I safely erase any (empty) attrib file that has no files > associated with it? > > 3. Other than type=10 (delete), is there *any* reason for an attrib > file to contain an entry for a file that is not present in the directory? > > Because, I have found some attrib files on my system in past backups that > have file entries with type 0 (i.e *not* type 10) yet there is no > file present in the directory. > > 4. If not, can I safely *remove* any non type=10 attrib entry if the > corresponding file is not in the directory? >
One more question to add: 5. Are 'attrib' files also linked into the pool/cpool? If so, are they done the same way as regular data files? Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
