Messages in this thread | | | From | "Anthony Barbachan" <> | Subject | Re: Your backup is broken! (W95 only :-) | Date | Sat, 4 Sep 1999 06:49:19 -0400 |
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> Yup, this time there's a problem with a VFAT backup that means the > restored W95 filesystem is always broken. There is just one (AFAIK) > directory that requires the system bit to be set. The C:\WINDOWS\FONTS > directory will not work properly without the S bit set. It's easy > enough to fix, the attached BAT file will reset this and several other > files. > > But I had an idea, a nasty ugly idea, at first, but it does grow on you. > > Add a mount option: "gidset=400" > This make the gid seen on files to be one of 400..403, they corrispond to: > > 400 = dos_files > 401 = dos_sys > 402 = dos_hidden > 403 = dos_hiddensys > > It's simple, works on any fat fs and will save & restore to any UNIX > backup method. You could add the archive bit in there too, but that's > even more ugly!! >
A better option may be to emulate Samba's way of storing the archive/hidden/system/read-only bits.
archives/hidden/system are each marked by one of the executable bits. read-only is taken care of by the write allowed bits.
This way if you decide to restore your files to a samba server share instead, all your attributes will show up correctly. Maybe the uid/gid bits can be used instead to store the extra NTFS attributes.
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