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Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 25 Jan 2023, 21:13
by DemonKing
No errors or anything. Example below with redacted details

But log only mentions "Checking if there are empty subdirectories...". The main directory is not referred to when checking if empty.

2023-01-25 19:00:44 Backing up the task "Backup (Data - Videos)"
2023-01-25 19:00:44 Applying the parameters to the task "Backup (Data - Videos)" (if any).
2023-01-25 19:00:44 Requesting the creation of a Volume Shadow Copy image for the source...
2023-01-25 19:00:46 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully created.
2023-01-25 19:00:46 Starting the copy. The user running the task is: Darren
2023-01-25 19:00:46 The destination directory "XXXXX\Data\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-25 19;00;46" has been successfully created.
2023-01-25 19:00:46 Backing up the directory "D:\Data\Videos" to "XXXXX\Data\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-25 19;00;46"...
2023-01-25 19:00:46 The archive attribute for "D:\Data\Videos" has been removed.
2023-01-25 19:00:46 The file attributes have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos" to "XXXXX\Data\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-25 19;00;46".
2023-01-25 19:00:46 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos" to "XXXXX\Data\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-25 19;00;46".
2023-01-25 19:00:46 Checking if there are empty subdirectories...
2023-01-25 19:00:46 The directory "D:\Data\Videos" has been backed up.

2023-01-25 19:00:46 ** Backup for the task "Backup (Data - Videos)" has ended **
2023-01-25 19:00:46 ** Processed files: 3. Backed up files: 0. Created folders: 3. Backup size: 0 bytes. **
2023-01-25 19:00:46 ** Number of errors: 0. Time elapsed: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 1 seconds. **

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 25 Jan 2023, 22:04
by DemonKing
This is how that part of the log was in the previous version 1.1.5

2022-12-20 19:01:19 Checking if there are empty subdirectories...
2022-12-20 19:01:20 Checking of empty subdirectories done.
2022-12-20 19:01:20 The directory "D:\Data\Videos" has been backed up.

2022-12-20 19:01:20 * Backup part for the task "Backup (Data - Videos)" has ended *
2022-12-20 19:01:20 * Number of backed up files: 0. Backup part size: 0 bytes. *

2022-12-20 19:01:20 ** Backup for the task "Backup (Data - Videos)" has ended **
2022-12-20 19:01:20 ** Processed files: 3. Backed up files: 0. Created folders: 3. Backup size: 0 bytes. **
2022-12-20 19:01:20 ** Number of errors: 0. Time elapsed: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 1 seconds. **

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 25 Jan 2023, 23:20
by cobian
But is this the verbose version?

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 26 Jan 2023, 10:48
by DemonKing
Verbose log below. Created test task on same drive to keep all details in.
Only empty subdirectories are referred to, not empty main directory.


2023-01-26 10:42:20 Individual file operations will be logged only to the log file and not seen on the user interface! Consult the log **file** when the backup is done.

2023-01-26 10:42:20 Calculating the number of files. This could take a while...

2023-01-26 10:42:20 Backing up the task "Test - Local Backup (Data - Videos)"
2023-01-26 10:42:20 Applying the parameters to the task "Test - Local Backup (Data - Videos)" (if any).
2023-01-26 10:42:20 Requesting the creation of a Volume Shadow Copy image for the source...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully created.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Starting the copy. The user running the task is: Darren
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The destination directory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23" has been successfully created.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Backing up the directory "D:\Data\Videos" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23"...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Backing up the directory "D:\Data\Videos\Captures" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\Captures"...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\Captures" has been successfully created.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Ignoring the file "D:\Data\Videos\Captures\desktop.ini". Reason: exclusion list.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The archive attribute for "D:\Data\Videos\Captures" has been removed.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The file attributes have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos\Captures" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\Captures".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos\Captures" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\Captures".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Data\Videos\Captures" has been backed up.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Backing up the directory "D:\Data\Videos\CCTV" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\CCTV"...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\CCTV" has been successfully created.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The archive attribute for "D:\Data\Videos\CCTV" has been removed.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The file attributes have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos\CCTV" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\CCTV".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos\CCTV" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\CCTV".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Data\Videos\CCTV" has been backed up.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Backing up the directory "D:\Data\Videos\RealVNC" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\RealVNC"...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\RealVNC" has been successfully created.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The archive attribute for "D:\Data\Videos\RealVNC" has been removed.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The file attributes have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos\RealVNC" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\RealVNC".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos\RealVNC" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\RealVNC".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Data\Videos\RealVNC" has been backed up.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Ignoring the file "D:\Data\Videos\desktop.ini". Reason: exclusion list.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Ignoring the file "D:\Data\Videos\Mass Effect 3 Earth Under Siege Dreamscene Video Wallpaper.mp4". Reason: the archive attribute is not set.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The archive attribute for "D:\Data\Videos" has been removed.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The file attributes have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The timestamps have been copied from "D:\Data\Videos" to "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23".
2023-01-26 10:42:23 Checking if there are empty subdirectories...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The subdirectory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\Captures" has been deleted. Reason: empty subdirectories should be deleted according to the task advanced settings.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The subdirectory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\CCTV" has been deleted. Reason: empty subdirectories should be deleted according to the task advanced settings.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The subdirectory "D:\Backups\xtest\D\Data\Videos 2023-01-26 10;42;23\RealVNC" has been deleted. Reason: empty subdirectories should be deleted according to the task advanced settings.
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The directory "D:\Data\Videos" has been backed up.

2023-01-26 10:42:23 ** Backup for the task "Test - Local Backup (Data - Videos)" has ended **
2023-01-26 10:42:23 ** Processed files: 3. Backed up files: 0. Created folders: 3. Backup size: 0 bytes. **
2023-01-26 10:42:23 ** Number of errors: 0. Time elapsed: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 2 seconds. **

2023-01-26 10:42:23 Deleting the Volume Shadow Copy image...
2023-01-26 10:42:23 The Volume Shadow Copy image has been successfully deleted.

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 26 Jan 2023, 12:12
by cobian
I understand now. The main directory will never be deleted if I remember it correctly. Don't thing there is any setting for that.

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 26 Jan 2023, 15:12
by DemonKing
This used to be deleted in 1.1.5. Would you add a separate option for that? Since a lot of empty directories with no data is confusing.

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 26 Jan 2023, 20:03
by cobian
I'll look at this.

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 27 Jan 2023, 19:19
by DemonKing
Thanks

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 21 Mar 2023, 15:00
by DemonKing
Hi, any news on this? My last run of RED deleted over 800 empty directories, so it would help if they were not created in the first place ;)

Re: Incremental backup (empty folders)

Posted: 23 Mar 2023, 00:10
by cobian
No changes done. Yet.