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
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