[Box Backup] Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

[Achim]

Hello list:

In addition to the information I collected on how other FLOSS projects 
implement VSS [1], I wanted to point out that AlphaVSS [2] could also 
be a worthwhile inspiration. Even though it is a .NET class library, it 
is written in C++/CLI. From the web page:

"The goal is to provide an interface that is simple to use from a C# 
or VB.NET application, yet providing the full functionality of VSS.".

"[..] There are several versions of VSS depending on what version of 
Microsoft Windows you are running and for which platform it is 
targeted. These versions unfortunately are not fully compatible with 
each other, but require linking against different .LIB-files and 
compiling against a different set of C++ .H-files.

AlphaVSS is a library released under the MIT license written to remedy 
this situation and allow easy access to the full VSS API from within a 
managed C# or VB.NET application targeting the Microsoft Windows 
operating system."

Perhaps looking at that code somebody can figure out how to either add 
it natively to BB, or create an additional component that will 
implement VSS.

Best regards, Achim

[1] <http://www.boxbackup.org/trac/ticket/13>
[2] <http://alphavss.codeplex.com/>