Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpfcso!hpcndxyz!kgj From: kgj@hpcndxyz.CND.HP.COM (~Karl Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Do NOT use ftio or cpio for backups Message-ID: <1730102@hpcndxyz.CND.HP.COM> Date: 10 Jun 91 15:26:44 GMT References: Organization: HP Colorado Networks Division Lines: 10 > this means, that if the only thing you have done is changed > permissions or ownership of a file since the last backup, then the > incremental backup will not notice and the new file stats will not > be backed up. You could alleviate this problem by modifying the backup script to record the list of files on the backup disk along with their modes and ownership. This is also useful to detect files which have been deleted after the base backup and before the incremental so that you don't restore deleted files.