[Rdiff-backup-bugs] [bug #32221] Native Win32 file and folder attributes cause crash / are ignored

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URL:
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                 Summary: Native Win32 file and folder attributes cause crash
/ are ignored
                 Project: rdiff-backup
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Mon 24 Jan 2011 12:20:15 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Tested on 1.2.8 release and 1.3.3 development versions of the Win32 exe using
Windows XP Professional.

1) Folder attributes of "read-only" are copied correctly to the mirror, but
if this directory is then removed on the source, the next backup will crash.
This is due to the fact that rdiff-backup cannot delete the directory. If one
manually removes the read-only tag from the folder on the mirror prior to
running the backup that attempts the removal, everything works fine. The
read-only flag is even set back by rdiff-backup when restored.

2) File/Folder attributes of "hidden", "system", etc (like less-important
compress/encrypt flags) are ignored. As a result a restore operation then
requires these flags be reset manually.






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