> Preston de Guise 
> 
> No, NetWorker does not do a pre-backup walk. It walks as it backs 
> up. So the scenario would be:
> 
> walk
> encounter file that needs to be backed up
> note meta-details about file
> backup
> compare meta-details about file
> warn if changed
> continue walking

Has it always been that way?

ISTR long, long ago (5.x, 4.x ?) reading somewhere of Networker building 
what the documentation called a "worklist", then backing up everything 
included in the worklist. It was explained / clarified to me that it was a 
two-step process: Make the list, then backup the list, traversing the 
filesystem twice in the process.

Maybe we both were wrong all along? Certainly wouldn't have been the only 
time!  :-)

Thanks.

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