hdup v2.0.3 bug
GT <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:16:33 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, it seems (at least in the new version 2.0.3) there is a problem when using bzip for compression: hdup restore fails with reason "gzip: stdin: not in gzip format". Solution: In function hdup_archive: change the `if' statements to `if', `else if' and `else if' and put an `else' in front of the last `g_strdup_printf' (which otherwise would always set .gz extension). Secondly, hdup does not seem to include directory entries into the archive; and I can't find a setting to change that behaviour. Hence, when restoring, all directory information (permissions, owner etc.) are missing and default to the user calling hdup (probably root). Third, great tool! Everything I expect from a backup program. Though I find the names for the incremental backups a little irritating (maybe full, update1, update2 would be more expressive - but hey). -gt