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I see. Note that normal file attributes != extended attributes. Which one are you referring to? (For symlinks/reparse points, you'd probably have to provide an
by mehrdadn 7y ago
I see. Note that normal file attributes != extended attributes. Which one are you referring to?
(For symlinks/reparse points, you'd probably have to provide an option on how to replicate them, since there isn't one clear solution. But it's not impossible to do something sane either. Link Shell Extension may have inspiration on various methods you could use.)
- apankrat 7y agoRegular attributes. Extended attributes have been deprecated by Microsoft quite some time ago in favour of ADS. It's not hard to add support for replicating them, but there's literally no demand for that.
- mehrdadn 7y agoNot sure where you got that idea (link?) but EAs are used in WSL, among other things. Meaning you won't be able to copy WSL file systems properly right now. As a general rule, you should avoid any information loss regardless of anyone's opinion on the matter. No one is going to think "ah well, Microsoft/etc. doesn't like this feature so it's ok my backup is messed up".
- apankrat 7y agoI don't have a link ready, but this was explicitly mentioned in one of TechNet articles on the subject dating back few years. EA being used for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) - not much of a surprise, really. It is a square peg in a round hole in many aspects. As I said, there's zero demand for replicating EA, WSL or not.
- mehrdadn 7y agoI think you'll find you're making a mistake, but up to you...