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View what System/Hidden files have been skipped
  • John O'Malley
    0
    We have Cloudberry Backup Server edition 6.3.0.276 . we have a File backup job backing up to a NAS.

    the job completed and says :

    Files scanned: 450880
    Data scanned: 229.3 GB
    Files to backup: 450883
    Data to backup: 229.3 GB
    Files copied: 450883
    Data copied: 229.3 GB
    Files failed to backup: 0


    but the email says: ERROR: System and hidden files skipped: 2585

    is there any way for me to see what these 2585 files are (it just shows the successful files in the history)

    we have 'skip hidden/system files' checked but i want to check that these files are defiantly not needed
    John O'Malley Options
  • Matt
    91
    ↪John O'Malley
    That's a known problem, will be fixed in the next update. Currently there is no workaround, unfortunately.
    Matt Options
  • David Gugick
    118
    ↪John O'Malley
    If you want to simply search your system for hidden or system files because you're worried some files may be marked as such incorrectly and are not backing up, you can use the DIR command from a command prompt. You'll need to run it twice for Hidden and System files:

    C:\Users\myname\Desktop>dir *.* /a:h /b /s > HiddenFiles.txt

C:\Users\myname\Desktop>dir *.* /a:s /b /s > SystemFiles.txt
    David Gugick Options
  • John O'Malley
    0
    Further to David's reply, i found easier to issue:

    dir /a:h C:\Users\John\Desktop
    dir /a:s C:\Users\John\Desktop
    John O'Malley Options
  • Mark Almeida
    0
    Hi Guys, I am running into this issue now, a few years since the original post.
    Has there been any method worked in for viewing those skipped files through a report or otherwise yet?
    Mark Almeida Options
  • Alexander Negrash
    32
    Hello Mark,

    Have you tried what David and John suggested above?
    Alexander Negrash Options
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