Re: [Burp-users] How can I backup symlinks and empty directories?

[Larsen <lar...@we...>]

Ah, now I see my error.
Yes, I was looking at /var/spool/burp.

@Graham: Thanks for the explanation. Maybe this could be added to the docs  
(or did I oversee it?)
@Benjamin: Thanks for the commands.


Lars


On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:33:38 +0100, Graham Keeling <gr...@gr...> wrote:

> My guess is that you are not using the client for  
> lists/restores/verifies,
> and instead are assuming that the pseudo-mirror in the backup directories
> on the server side is an actual mirror (as you would get using, for  
> example,
> rsync).
>
> Burp stores file data that it has backed up in the server storage
> directories.
> It doesn't make file system entries there if it does not need to. For
> example, an empty file doesn't need a file system entry. It just needs  
> its
> meta data entered in the manifest file.
> A symlink doesn't need a file system entry on the server side, as it  
> contains
> no file data. It just needs its meta data entered in the manifest file.
> A directory doesn't need a file system entry if it has no contents. It  
> just
> needs its meta data entered in the manifest file.
> The same goes for permissions and ownerships. These are meta data that  
> go in
> the manifest file.
>
> If you do what Ziirish suggests, you will see that the symlinks are  
> listed.
> Use '-a L' instead of '-a l' to get a long list.
> To restore, use '-a r' instead of '-a l', and your symlinks and empty
> directories
> will come back. You might want to restore to a different directory with
> the '-d'
> option.
>
> On Wed, March 4, 2015 7:20 am, Benjamin Ziirish Sans wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When you say symlink and empty dirs are not backed up, how do you notice
>> that?
>>
>> Are these files missing when you run a burp -a l -b <backup_number> ?Le  
>> 3
>> mars 2015 17:28, Larsen <lar...@we...> a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am currently evaluating Burp and it looks very promising so far.
>>> Testing with Burp 1.3.48 from Debian Wheezy backports and with the
>>> latestÂ1.4.32 in a local VM. I would prefer to use the Debian version  
>>> even
>>> whenÂit´s older as long as I don´t miss out on functionality I need.
>>>
>>> In my test setup a directory containing some files and a symlink only 
>>> stores the files but not the symlink in the backup.
>>> Though, I have read that symlinks should be stored so what am I doing 
>>> wrong? Do you need the client config?
>>>
>>> Second problem is that empty directories are not stored. I assume this 
>>> might be a general inconvenience as I know this behaviour from our
>>> currentÂbackup software.
>>> Is there a way to store empty directories with Burp? (without the 
>>> workaround to create dummy files)
>>>
>>>
>>> Lars
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