rsync - Dec 2008 - how to backup/restore of windows file attributes

I use rsync for backing up windows.
After a restore of Desktop.ini I recognize that the hidden attribut and the
system attribut will not been restored.

I know, this are no unix attributes. But is there a way to backup and
restore the windows attributes too?

Thanks
Matthias
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On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 22:40 +0100, Matthias Meyer wrote:
> I use rsync for backing up windows.
> After a restore of Desktop.ini I recognize that the hidden attribut and the
> system attribut will not been restored.
> 
> I know, this are no unix attributes. But is there a way to backup and
> restore the windows attributes too?
I know of no way to copy the Windows system and hidden attributes using
rsync.  (If Cygwin would expose the attributes via st_flags and chflags,
then they would be handled by the rsync fileflags patch.)  I bet
RoboCopy can do it.

-- 
Matt

You may be interested  in the cwRsync FAQ http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/11313
about using RoboCopy for transferring windows file attributes/permissions:

________
Can rsync transfer security/ownership information between two windows
machines ?

cwRsync alone has limited support since it runs on cygwin posix emulation
layer. However, after an rsync operation, you can use Robocopy XP010 from
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit, to transfer all windows specific file
information (NTFS security, timestamps, attributes, ownership, auditing
info):


ROBOCOPY source destination /XO /XN /XC /E /COPY:ATSOU

 

options /XO (exclude older), /XN (exclude newer) and /XC (exclude changed)
assure that only existing files are targeted. Option /E is for recursive
directory operation including empty ones. Option /COPY:ATSOU instructs
Robocopy to copy only attributes (A), timestamps (T), NTFS security
information (S), Ownership O) and auditing (U).
__________

Tev

cwRsync maintainer
 
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> Sent: 30. desember 2008 22:40
> To: rsync@lists.samba.org
> Subject: how to backup/restore of windows file attributes
> 
> I use rsync for backing up windows.
> After a restore of Desktop.ini I recognize that the hidden 
> attribut and the system attribut will not been restored.
> 
> I know, this are no unix attributes. But is there a way to 
> backup and restore the windows attributes too?
> 
> Thanks
> Matthias
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Tevfik Karag?lle <tevfik@itefix.no>
wrote:
> You may be interested  in the cwRsync FAQ
http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/11313
> about using RoboCopy for transferring windows file attributes/permissions:
>
I have recently started using ICACLS.EXE to dump permissions to a file
on the source and re-apply on the destination via script after rsync
is done.

ICACLS is the only tool that handles some NTFS ACL features correctly
(older tools such as XCACLS do not).
See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.07.securitywatch.aspx

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