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From: esker@abaa.uucp (Lawrence Esker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard-disk backup programs.
Message-ID: <1636@abaa.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 89 23:42:31 GMT
References: <21912@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: esker@abaa.UUCP (Lawrence Esker)
Organization: Allen Bradley
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In article <21912@louie.udel.EDU> Ata@multics.radc.af.mil (John G. Ata) writes:
>I have purchased Superback and am extremely satisfied with it.  I can
>vouch for the fact that the backups and the restores do indeed work
>properly.  With a great user interface I would heartily recommend it.
>The only enhancement that I can think of that could be done is to make
>restore replace directories with the original date/time stamp.
>Currently, only file date/time stamps are recreated.

The AmigaDOS changes the date/time on directories whenever anything is
changed within it.  Even if the backup program did what was requested, when
it started to fill the directory with files, AmigaDOS would go an change the
date to today.

BTW.  I'm not sure this is a fact, but I have seen it occur with such
consistancy that I am sure.
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