candera / hobocopy

An open source backup tool for Windows

http://candera.github.com/hobocopy/

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Hobocopy fails to copy read-only folder as read-only #39

Open candera opened 12 years ago

candera commented 12 years ago

Background

In this thread, a user reports that hobocopy fails to copy read-only folders as read-only.

Expected Behavior

A folder marked as read-only should be copied as such.

Status

Won't fix: people should use shadowspawn+robocopy to get more full-featured copying.

candera commented 12 years ago

Comment from the mailing list:

1a) Here is a vote for fixing Issue #39, not copying directory RO attribute, Although I can see the confusion. XP Pro SP2 will not mark or clear sub-directories as RO from the GUI, whereas using ATTRIB from a DOS window DOES mark them correctly.