Re: Your backup is unsafe!

Chris Adams (cadams@ro.com)
3 Aug 1999 09:11:51 -0500

Once upon a time, Kent Overstreet <kent@kent.net> said:
>Ok, now I get it. But A) you *generally* aren't going to be restoring just
>one and B) if you're using windows and can use the long filename, then the
>short filename probably isn't really going to matter. This is really the

Problem with A): You make "Long filename xyz.txt" => "LONGFI~1.TXT" and
then "Long filename abc.txt" => "LONGFI~2.TXT". Now, backup and
restore. If the files are restored in alphabetical order, then the
names are backwards. That is, now "Long filename xyz.txt" =>
"LONGFI~2.TXT" and "Long filename abc.txt" => "LONGFI~1.TXT". It
doesn't matter if you are restoring just one file or the whole
filesystem - the names can still get destroyed.

Problem with B): Windows stores the generated short filenames instead of
the original long filesnames in the registry for some random things.
For example, IIRC, the list of registered DLLs uses all short names.
The short name also ends up in the Start menu sometimes (or in any
shortcut).

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Chris Adams <cadams@ro.com> - System Administrator
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