Hi Jeffrey, Thanks for getting back to me... On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <backu...@kosowsky.org>wrote:
> Vetch wrote at about 00:14:06 +0100 on Wednesday, July 22, 2009: [snip] > > Well, with Windows there can be all kinds of reasons for mismatches > including: > 1. Busy files that can't be backed up (not just .pst files but also > other open files and various registry and system files) Yes, I thought about that, but these were just samba shares on a Linux server... The only files I expected that might not have been backed up were the Outlook psts, and occassionally some of the .doc files whilst they were open... ... but mostly, I think they should have been available and backup-able... > > 2. Permissions/acl issues - even with ssh as admin/root there may > still be files you can't access. I'm not a Windows guru but I know > it's not as simple as linux where root can read everything Yes... I'm not sure how it works with Samba permissions overriding Linux ones, but I guess it's possible that the root user couldn't backup all the data... ... though I would have thought it could... > > 3. Junctions can end up being double counted Ah - that's possibly an issue... It may be that I have data in a my documents folder in there... ... but would that show up in the count on the archive...? > > 4. Other weird Windows detritus - I have at times had weird ntfs files > that hang around and are non-deletable (until I boot into Linux) > Yes - that's certainly a possibility... Still - to have several hundred of these sounds like a lot! > Maybe I'm biased, but I always find Windows to be way more cumbersome, > obscure, and unpredictable than the simple metaphors of *nix > filesystems. > Heh - agreed... ;) Thanks for your help, Jx
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