robust copy and Alternate Data Streams
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robust copy and Alternate Data Streams
x2's robust copy is neat, but anything stored in an Alternate Data Stream (ADS) on NTFS gets lost when copying.
Yes. It looses ADS info (like comments) when copying files even on the same NTFS partition.
I first noticed this problem when backing up my shared network drive (NTFS) to my local NTFS-formatted drive.
If I use regular explorer's copy facility, it just works.
P.S.
I'm using Win XP SP1
P.P.S.
Moving (as opposed to copying) on the _same_ drive seems to be ok. Coppying still doesn't work.
P.P.P.S.
MS Office documents retain some of their info because the comment field is stored internally with these. Other data streams attached, however, will fail.
I first noticed this problem when backing up my shared network drive (NTFS) to my local NTFS-formatted drive.
If I use regular explorer's copy facility, it just works.
P.S.
I'm using Win XP SP1
P.P.S.
Moving (as opposed to copying) on the _same_ drive seems to be ok. Coppying still doesn't work.
P.P.P.S.
MS Office documents retain some of their info because the comment field is stored internally with these. Other data streams attached, however, will fail.
this is totally serious
please get this debug version and tell me what it says when you start copying a file with comments
also search the debug output for a line starting with "CopyFileEx"; what does the rest say?
thanks
www.ps.ic.ac.uk/~umeca74/dbmon.zip
btw does anybody still have the readme file from the old dbmon package i distributed for testing?
i accidentally deleted mine!
please get this debug version and tell me what it says when you start copying a file with comments
also search the debug output for a line starting with "CopyFileEx"; what does the rest say?
thanks
www.ps.ic.ac.uk/~umeca74/dbmon.zip
btw does anybody still have the readme file from the old dbmon package i distributed for testing?
i accidentally deleted mine!
Works like a charm on Win XP Pro SP2. Don't loose any comments (only checked for this, don't know of any other serious use of afs ), whether copying or moving (both robust)nikos wrote:ta!
do you (or any other XP user) have the same problem?
just try copying a single file with comments
this happens for every release, all the serious bugs appear 1 day after i publish the update
Maybe some problem on pmikes system??
Dumb questions are the ones that are never asked
I have x2 on my home PC (Win2k SP3) in addition to my work PC (XP SP1) (I really appreciate the way nikos made the license).
I came home and tried the same thing and robust copy works great on my home computer!
It will be a day before I get back to work and can try x2 in debug mode. I'll let you know how it goes.
I came home and tried the same thing and robust copy works great on my home computer!
It will be a day before I get back to work and can try x2 in debug mode. I'll let you know how it goes.
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