On Thursday 14 April 2005 15:38, Davide Bolcioni wrote: > Arno Lehmann wrote: > > Brennon Church wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> Is there a compatibility issue with gzip data between Windows and Linux > >> clients? I recently tried to restore a file from a backup of a Windows > >> box to a Linux box, and got the following error: > > > > From the manual, section FileSet configuration: > > > > portable=yes|no > > If set to yes (default is no), the Bacula File daemon will backup > > Win32 files in a portable format, but not all Win32 file attributes will > > be saved and restored. By default, this option is set to no, which means > > that on Win32 systems, the data will be backed up using Windows API > > calls and on WinNT/2K/XP, all the security and ownership attributes will > > be properly backed up (and restored). However this format is not > > portable to other systems - e.g. Unix, Win95/98/Me. When backing up Unix > > systems, this option is ignored, and unless you have a specific need to > > have portable backups, we recommend accept the default (no) so that the > > maximum information concerning your files is saved. > > Is there some interest in addressing this ? I have recollections of > mucking around with BackupRead/BackupWrite stream format for recovering > data from a corrupted backup, and it seems to me that there is actually > documentation somewhere. I got my data out of the stream for sure, but I > cannot remember if it was Windows NT 3.51 or early Windows NT 4.
Yes, there is some documentation, and I would like to be able to read Windows BackupWrite data on any system, but it requires a good deal of work, especially to ensure that it is 32/64 bit compatible, that one doesn't violate any Microsoft License by using or copying their headers, and that one handles bigendian/littlendian data formats. If there is someone willing to work on it, I'd be pleased as it is not currently the highest of my priorities. > > Davide Bolcioni > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
