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From: Henry Bakker <bakker@sedsystems.ca>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Could btrfs-restore be extended to also restore file dates?
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 08:13:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FBCF08E.10204@sedsystems.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120523090748.GM24394@twin.jikos.cz>

I'm sure restoring all those fields would be functionality that most
server admins would want. If anyone on this list can add it, then you
have my thanks.

On 5/23/2012 3:07 AM, David Sterba wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 03:42:05PM -0600, Henry Bakker wrote:
>> Any possibility of getting btrfs-restore to also restore the files
>> timestamp?
> 
> Quick look, yes it is possible and quite straightforward. The function
> restore.c:copy_file has direct access to the found on-disk inode item
> and can access the time fileds, then simply setting them for the file.
> Maybe it could restore more, like uid, gid or mode.
> 
> 
> david
> 
> 

      reply	other threads:[~2012-05-23 14:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-22 21:42 Could btrfs-restore be extended to also restore file dates? Henry Bakker
2012-05-23  9:07 ` David Sterba
2012-05-23 14:13   ` Henry Bakker [this message]

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