Re: [BackupPC-users] Question about attrib file structure

[Jeffrey J. K. <bac...@ko...>]

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