[Box Backup-dev] Windows branch

[Charles Lecklider]

Chris Wilson wrote:
> If you are aware of any issues that are not listed on the Known Bugs 
> page 
> [http://boxbackup.hostworks.ca/index.php/Known_bugs_in_the_Win32_client],
>  then PLEASE tell me about them now.

>From that page:

> Restored Files Attributes Incorrect
> 
> Pete Jalajas reports that the date stamps of restored files are the
> current time, not the datestamp of the original file (or of the time
> when the file was backed up). Nor are Access Control Lists or Windows
> file attributes restored.
> 
> * It seems that there's no API to set the date stamps on files until
> Windows Vista. Since I don't have a copy of Vista, I can't test this.


Is that still the current position?

I'm just wondering what's wrong with SetFileAttributes
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/fileio/fs/setfileattributes.asp)
and SetFileTime
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/setfiletime.asp).

Am I missing something obvious or subtle?

-C