Archive bit equivalent in Linux

[Goal_mg]

Hi Team,

I need to know what is the Archive bit attribute equivalent in Linux. How is the archive state determined in LINUX?

e.g Whether the files are backed up or not in LINUX server where in Winodws we refer to attributes column of the files.

[AmolB · Accepted solution]

Refer to the below article.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO33652

[Goal_mg]

Thanks for the tech note, i have already went through the tech note.

I need to know apart from time stamp is there any thing that can be refered, to know files are backed up or not.

[RamNagalla]

for unix clients by default netbackup uses the mtime ( modified time) attributes

by default ls -l command in unix show the mtime of the file, by seeing the mtime you can ditermine if that file will be incluced in incrmental backups or not.

[RamNagalla · Accepted solution]

no unix clients only works with the time stamp.....

archive bit is only for windows...

[Marianne]

TN in AmolB's post: 

How NetBackup determines when UNIX files are due for backup on UNIX/Linux 

Thanks for the tech note, i have already went through the tech note.

The TN explains how to choose between mtime and ctime for incrementals. 

You have your answer. There is nothing more to it.

[Goal_mg]

Thanks Amol and Marianne.

Please let me know if there is any technote or document which explain the flow of incremental backup referring to mtime,atime and ctime time fields in LINUX.