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Re: [BackupPC-users] Junctions on WinXP

2008-11-26 18:26:45
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Junctions on WinXP
From: Jack Coats <jack AT coats DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:24:37 -0600
It has the same issue with UNIX mount points.  Such is the nature of 
rsync.  I have managed
to avoid Vista sofar, but I guess I may need to build a system sometime.

Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> Does BackupPC know how to treat NTFS junction points.
> They are analogous to *nix symbolic links but only work on
> directories.
>
> Based on a little test, it seems like BackupPC does not know about
> them since it seems to have copied over all the data -- i.e. it
> treated the junction as a real directory rather than as a
> symbolic-type link. The attribute file also seems to treat it like a
> normal directory. Now to be fair, rsync does the same, so some of this
> may be an rsync artifact.
>
> Also, my understanding is that Vista introduced a notion of Unix-like
> symbolic links. Does anyone know whether they are treated properly by
> BackupPC? 
> (I don't have Vista around to test but it would even be interesting to
> know how rsync treats them).
>
> Thanks
>
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