Ahh.  That makes perfect sense.

Thanks!

--Brennon

Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Brennon Church wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Is there a compatibility issue with gzip data between Windows and Linux
>> clients?  I recently tried to restore a file from a backup of a Windows
>> box to a Linux box, and got the following error:
> 
> 
> From the manual, section FileSet configuration:
> 
> portable=yes|no
>     If set to yes (default is no), the Bacula File daemon will backup
> Win32 files in a portable format, but not all Win32 file attributes will
> be saved and restored. By default, this option is set to no, which means
> that on Win32 systems, the data will be backed up using Windows API
> calls and on WinNT/2K/XP, all the security and ownership attributes will
> be properly backed up (and restored). However this format is not
> portable to other systems - e.g. Unix, Win95/98/Me. When backing up Unix
> systems, this option is ignored, and unless you have a specific need to
> have portable backups, we recommend accept the default (no) so that the
> maximum information concerning your files is saved.
> 
> Arno
> 
>> Error: Win32 GZIP data stream not supported on this Client.
>>
>> Restoring the same file to another Windows box worked fine.
>>
>> Am I missing something, or is this not going to work, as long as I'm
>> using gzip compression?
>>
>> If the information is needed, I'm using 1.36.2 on the Linux boxes and
>> 1.36.1 on Windows.  Could it be the difference in versions?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --Brennon
>>
>>
>>
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