On Wednesday 23 November 2005 10:23, Martin Simmons wrote: > >>>>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:43:13 +0100, Kern Sibbald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> said: > > Kern> On Tuesday 22 November 2005 22:35, Martin Simmons wrote: > >> >>>>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:32:06 -0000 (GMT), "Dominic Marks" > >> >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Dominic> Question: > > Dominic> How do I know the size of the FILE (not Job) in a specific > > >> backup. I need Dominic> to know this because many of the PST files > >> exist but are zero bytes in Dominic> size because when the backup job > >> ran Outlook was open and locked the file. > > Dominic> I don't want to try restoring all the files just to find out > > >> which one I Dominic> need... > >> > >> It is encoded in file.lstat in the catalog, but I don't think you can > >> view it with restore. > > Kern> The exception, which is not very useful for selecting a particulare > version of Kern> a file, is that you can see the size and date stamp when > the file is in the Kern> in-memory directory tree either using wx-console > or "dir" in bconsole. One Kern> user wrote a Perl program that displays > the size/date directly from the Kern> catalog. > > Ah, neat. > > Another, indirect, way I've thought of in this case might be to look for > messages from the backup in the Director's log file (if it isn't cycled) to > see when he backup failed to open the file.
If the file was not backed up at all because it was locked, then one could just use one of the options that lets you list all copies of some particular file -- this can be done, if my memory serves me correctly, either with the restore command by choosing the correct option, or using the "query" command. -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users