Jeffrey, Sorry about the delay in replying. I've been really busy lately.
> > 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. I believe there is always an attrib file created. It would be a minor optimization not to write empty attrib files. > > 2. If not, can I safely erase any (empty) attrib file that has no files > > associated with it? Yes. If there is no attrib file the necessary meta-data is created by reading the directory. If it is empty then the effect will be the same as an empty attrib file. > > 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? No other files should be in the attrib file: files that are there plus type=10 (delete). > 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. After your file system corruption problem was fixed? > > 4. If not, can I safely *remove* any non type=10 attrib entry if the > > corresponding file is not in the directory? Yes. But this shouldn't happen. > 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? Yes, they are pooled in the same way as regular files. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
