Support backup and restore of special files on POSIX style systems

Special files are device nodes and named pipes. The necessity of the
former is clear, the latter is debatable.
In order to preserve backward compatibility, the device number is
encoded in the StartChunk/StartOffset fields of the entry.

src/duplicacy_backupmanager.go

@@ -703,8 +703,19 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) Restore(top string, revision int, inPlace bool, qu
 	var localEntry *Entry
 	localListingOK := true
 
+	type hardLinkEntry struct {
+		entry *Entry
+		willDownload bool
+	}
+	var hardLinkTable []hardLinkEntry
+	var hardLinks []*Entry
+
 	for remoteEntry := range remoteListingChannel {
 
+		if remoteEntry.IsHardlinkRoot() {
+			hardLinkTable = append(hardLinkTable, hardLinkEntry{remoteEntry, false})
+		}
+
 		if len(patterns) > 0 && !MatchPath(remoteEntry.Path, patterns) {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -742,8 +753,7 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) Restore(top string, revision int, inPlace bool, qu
 
 		fullPath := joinPath(top, remoteEntry.Path)
 		if remoteEntry.IsLink() {
-			stat, err := os.Lstat(fullPath)
-			if stat != nil {
+			if stat, _ := os.Lstat(fullPath); stat != nil {
 				if stat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
 					isRegular, link, err := Readlink(fullPath)
 					if err == nil && link == remoteEntry.Link && !isRegular {
@@ -752,11 +762,16 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) Restore(top string, revision int, inPlace bool, qu
 					}
 				}
 
+				if !overwrite {
+					LOG_WERROR(allowFailures, "DOWNLOAD_OVERWRITE",
+						"File %s already exists.  Please specify the -overwrite option to overwrite", remoteEntry.Path)
+					continue
+				}
+
 				os.Remove(fullPath)
 			}
 
-			err = os.Symlink(remoteEntry.Link, fullPath)
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := os.Symlink(remoteEntry.Link, fullPath); err != nil {
 				LOG_ERROR("RESTORE_SYMLINK", "Can't create symlink %s: %v", remoteEntry.Path, err)
 				return 0
 			}
@@ -780,8 +795,39 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) Restore(top string, revision int, inPlace bool, qu
 					return 0
 				}
 			}
+			remoteEntry.RestoreEarlyDirFlags(fullPath)
 			directoryEntries = append(directoryEntries, remoteEntry)
+		} else if remoteEntry.IsSpecial() {
+			if stat, _ := os.Lstat(fullPath); stat != nil {
+				if !overwrite {
+					LOG_WERROR(allowFailures, "DOWNLOAD_OVERWRITE",
+						"File %s already exists.  Please specify the -overwrite option to overwrite", remoteEntry.Path)
+					continue
+				}
+				os.Remove(fullPath)
+			}
+
+			if err := remoteEntry.RestoreSpecial(fullPath); err != nil {
+				LOG_ERROR("RESTORE_SPECIAL", "Unable to restore special file %s: %v", remoteEntry.Path, err)
+				return 0
+			}
+			remoteEntry.RestoreMetadata(fullPath, nil, setOwner)
 		} else {
+			if remoteEntry.IsHardlinkRoot() {
+				hardLinkTable[len(hardLinkTable)-1] = hardLinkEntry{remoteEntry, true}
+			} else if remoteEntry.IsHardlinkedFrom() {
+				i, err := strconv.ParseUint(remoteEntry.Link, 16, 64)
+				if err !=  nil {
+					LOG_ERROR("RESTORE_HARDLINK", "Decode error in hardlink entry, expected hex int, got %s", remoteEntry.Link)
+					return 0
+				}
+				if !hardLinkTable[i].willDownload {
+					hardLinkTable[i] = hardLinkEntry{remoteEntry, true}
+				} else {
+					hardLinks = append(hardLinks, remoteEntry)
+					continue
+				}
+			}
 			// We can't download files here since fileEntries needs to be sorted
 			fileEntries = append(fileEntries, remoteEntry)
 			totalFileSize += remoteEntry.Size
@@ -901,6 +947,17 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) Restore(top string, revision int, inPlace bool, qu
 		file.RestoreMetadata(fullPath, nil, setOwner)
 	}
 
+	for _, linkEntry := range hardLinks {
+		i, _ := strconv.ParseUint(linkEntry.Link, 16, 64)
+		sourcePath := joinPath(top, hardLinkTable[i].entry.Path)
+		fullPath := joinPath(top, linkEntry.Path)
+		LOG_INFO("RESTORE_HARDLINK", "Hard linking %s to %s", fullPath, sourcePath)
+		if err := os.Link(sourcePath, fullPath); err != nil {
+			LOG_ERROR("RESTORE_HARDLINK", "Failed to create hard link %s to %s", fullPath, sourcePath)
+			return 0
+		}
+	}
+
 	if deleteMode && len(patterns) == 0 {
 		// Reverse the order to make sure directories are empty before being deleted
 		for i := range extraFiles {
@@ -1052,8 +1109,13 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) UploadSnapshot(chunkOperator *ChunkOperator, top s
 
 	lastEndChunk := 0
 
-	uploadEntryInfoFunc := func(entry *Entry) error {
+	type hardLinkEntry struct {
+		entry *Entry
+		startChunk int
+	}
+	var hardLinkTable []hardLinkEntry
 
+	uploadEntryInfoFunc := func(entry *Entry) error {
 		if entry.IsFile() && entry.Size > 0 {
 			delta := entry.StartChunk - len(chunkHashes) + 1
 			if entry.StartChunk != lastChunk {
@@ -1071,10 +1133,38 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) UploadSnapshot(chunkOperator *ChunkOperator, top s
 			entry.StartChunk -= delta
 			entry.EndChunk -= delta
 
+			if entry.IsHardlinkRoot() {
+				LOG_DEBUG("SNAPSHOT_UPLOAD", "Hard link root %s %v %v", entry.Path, entry.StartChunk, entry.EndChunk)
+				hardLinkTable = append(hardLinkTable, hardLinkEntry{entry, entry.StartChunk})
+			}
+
 			delta = entry.EndChunk - entry.StartChunk
 			entry.StartChunk -= lastEndChunk
 			lastEndChunk = entry.EndChunk
 			entry.EndChunk = delta
+		} else if entry.IsHardlinkedFrom() {
+			i, err := strconv.ParseUint(entry.Link, 16, 64)
+			if err !=  nil {
+				LOG_ERROR("SNAPSHOT_UPLOAD", "Decode error in hardlink entry, expected hex int, got %s", entry.Link)
+				return err
+			}
+
+			targetEntry := hardLinkTable[i].entry
+			var startChunk, endChunk int
+
+			if targetEntry.Size > 0 {
+				startChunk = hardLinkTable[i].startChunk - lastEndChunk
+				endChunk = targetEntry.EndChunk
+			}
+			entry = entry.HardLinkTo(targetEntry, startChunk, endChunk)
+
+			if targetEntry.Size > 0 {
+				lastEndChunk = hardLinkTable[i].startChunk + endChunk
+			}
+
+			LOG_DEBUG("SNAPSHOT_UPLOAD", "Uploading cloned hardlink for %s to %s (%v %v)", entry.Path, targetEntry.Path, startChunk, endChunk)
+		} else if entry.IsHardlinkRoot() {
+			hardLinkTable = append(hardLinkTable, hardLinkEntry{entry, 0})
 		}
 
 		buffer.Reset()
@@ -1194,6 +1284,7 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) RestoreFile(chunkDownloader *ChunkDownloader, chun
 					LOG_ERROR("DOWNLOAD_CREATE", "Failed to create the file %s for in-place writing: %v", fullPath, err)
 					return false, nil
 				}
+				entry.RestoreEarlyFileFlags(existingFile)
 
 				n := int64(1)
 				// There is a go bug on Windows (https://github.com/golang/go/issues/21681) that causes Seek to fail
@@ -1377,6 +1468,7 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) RestoreFile(chunkDownloader *ChunkDownloader, chun
 				return false, nil
 			}
 		}
+		entry.RestoreEarlyFileFlags(existingFile)
 
 		existingFile.Seek(0, 0)
 
@@ -1459,6 +1551,7 @@ func (manager *BackupManager) RestoreFile(chunkDownloader *ChunkDownloader, chun
 			LOG_ERROR("DOWNLOAD_OPEN", "Failed to open file for writing: %v", err)
 			return false, nil
 		}
+		entry.RestoreEarlyFileFlags(newFile)
 
 		hasher := manager.config.NewFileHasher()
 

src/duplicacy_entry.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 package duplicacy
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -15,12 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
-	"bytes"
-	"crypto/sha256"
-
-    "github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack"
 
+	"github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack"
 )
 
 // This is the hidden directory in the repository for storing various files.
@@ -110,15 +110,36 @@ func (entry *Entry) Copy() *Entry {
 		UID: entry.UID,
 		GID: entry.GID,
 
-		StartChunk: entry.StartChunk,
+		StartChunk:  entry.StartChunk,
 		StartOffset: entry.StartOffset,
-		EndChunk: entry.EndChunk,
-		EndOffset: entry.EndOffset,
+		EndChunk:    entry.EndChunk,
+		EndOffset:   entry.EndOffset,
 
 		Attributes: entry.Attributes,
 	}
 }
 
+func (entry *Entry) HardLinkTo(target *Entry, startChunk int, endChunk int) *Entry {
+	return &Entry{
+		Path: entry.Path,
+		Size: target.Size,
+		Time: target.Time,
+		Mode: target.Mode,
+		Link: entry.Link,
+		Hash: target.Hash,
+
+		UID: target.UID,
+		GID: target.GID,
+
+		StartChunk:  startChunk,
+		StartOffset: target.StartOffset,
+		EndChunk:    endChunk,
+		EndOffset:   target.EndOffset,
+
+		Attributes: target.Attributes,
+	}
+}
+
 // CreateEntryFromJSON creates an entry from a json description.
 func (entry *Entry) UnmarshalJSON(description []byte) (err error) {
 
@@ -362,12 +383,12 @@ func (entry *Entry) EncodeMsgpack(encoder *msgpack.Encoder) error {
 
 	if entry.Attributes != nil {
 		attributes := make([]string, numberOfAttributes)
-        i := 0
-        for attribute := range *entry.Attributes {
-            attributes[i] = attribute
-            i++
-        }
-        sort.Strings(attributes)
+		i := 0
+		for attribute := range *entry.Attributes {
+			attributes[i] = attribute
+			i++
+		}
+		sort.Strings(attributes)
 		for _, attribute := range attributes {
 			err = encoder.EncodeString(attribute)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -380,7 +401,7 @@ func (entry *Entry) EncodeMsgpack(encoder *msgpack.Encoder) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-    return nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (entry *Entry) DecodeMsgpack(decoder *msgpack.Decoder) error {
@@ -488,18 +509,30 @@ func (entry *Entry) IsLink() bool {
 	return entry.Mode&uint32(os.ModeSymlink) != 0
 }
 
+func (entry *Entry) IsSpecial() bool {
+	return entry.Mode&uint32(os.ModeNamedPipe|os.ModeDevice|os.ModeCharDevice) != 0
+}
+
 func (entry *Entry) IsComplete() bool {
 	return entry.Size >= 0
 }
 
+func (entry *Entry) IsHardlinkedFrom() bool {
+	return entry.IsFile() && len(entry.Link) > 0 && entry.Link != "/"
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) IsHardlinkRoot() bool {
+	return entry.IsFile() && entry.Link == "/"
+}
+
 func (entry *Entry) GetPermissions() os.FileMode {
 	return os.FileMode(entry.Mode) & fileModeMask
 }
 
 func (entry *Entry) GetParent() string {
 	path := entry.Path
-	if path != "" && path[len(path) - 1] == '/' {
-		path = path[:len(path) - 1]
+	if path != "" && path[len(path)-1] == '/' {
+		path = path[:len(path)-1]
 	}
 	i := strings.LastIndex(path, "/")
 	if i == -1 {
@@ -596,7 +629,7 @@ func ComparePaths(left string, right string) int {
 	for i := p; i < len(left); i++ {
 		c3 = left[i]
 		if c3 == '/' {
-			last1 = i == len(left) - 1
+			last1 = i == len(left)-1
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -606,7 +639,7 @@ func ComparePaths(left string, right string) int {
 	for i := p; i < len(right); i++ {
 		c4 = right[i]
 		if c4 == '/' {
-			last2 = i == len(right) - 1
+			last2 = i == len(right)-1
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -694,10 +727,27 @@ func (files FileInfoCompare) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+type listEntryLinkKey struct {
+	dev uint64
+	ino uint64
+}
+
+type ListingState struct {
+	linkIndex int
+	linkTable map[listEntryLinkKey]int // map unique inode details to initially found path
+}
+
+func NewListingState() *ListingState {
+	return &ListingState{
+		linkTable: make(map[listEntryLinkKey]int),
+	}
+}
+
 // ListEntries returns a list of entries representing file and subdirectories under the directory 'path'.  Entry paths
 // are normalized as relative to 'top'.  'patterns' are used to exclude or include certain files.
-func ListEntries(top string, path string, patterns []string, nobackupFile string, excludeByAttribute bool, listingChannel chan *Entry) (directoryList []*Entry,
-	skippedFiles []string, err error) {
+func ListEntries(top string, path string, patterns []string, nobackupFile string, excludeByAttribute bool,
+	listingState *ListingState,
+	listingChannel chan *Entry) (directoryList []*Entry, skippedFiles []string, err error) {
 
 	LOG_DEBUG("LIST_ENTRIES", "Listing %s", path)
 
@@ -769,6 +819,33 @@ func ListEntries(top string, path string, patterns []string, nobackupFile string
 				}
 				entry = newEntry
 			}
+		} else if entry.Mode & uint32(os.ModeSocket) != 0 {
+			// no reason to issue a warning for what should always be a transient file anyways
+			continue
+		} else if entry.IsSpecial() {
+			if !entry.ReadSpecial(f) {
+				LOG_WARN("LIST_DEV", "Failed to save device node %s", entry.Path)
+				skippedFiles = append(skippedFiles, entry.Path)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		var linkKey *listEntryLinkKey
+
+		if stat, ok := f.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t); entry.IsFile() && ok && stat != nil && stat.Nlink > 1 {
+			k := listEntryLinkKey{dev: uint64(stat.Dev), ino: uint64(stat.Ino)}
+			if linkIndex, seen := listingState.linkTable[k]; seen {
+				if linkIndex == -1 {
+					LOG_DEBUG("LIST_EXCLUDE", "%s is excluded by attribute (hardlink)", entry.Path)
+					continue
+				}
+				entry.Size = 0
+				entry.Link = strconv.FormatInt(int64(linkIndex), 16)
+			} else {
+				entry.Link = "/"
+				listingState.linkTable[k] = -1
+				linkKey = &k
+			}
 		}
 
 		entry.ReadAttributes(top)
@@ -778,10 +855,9 @@ func ListEntries(top string, path string, patterns []string, nobackupFile string
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if f.Mode()&(os.ModeNamedPipe|os.ModeSocket|os.ModeDevice) != 0 {
-			LOG_WARN("LIST_SKIP", "Skipped non-regular file %s", entry.Path)
-			skippedFiles = append(skippedFiles, entry.Path)
-			continue
+		if linkKey != nil {
+			listingState.linkTable[*linkKey] = listingState.linkIndex
+			listingState.linkIndex++
 		}
 
 		if entry.IsDir() {

src/duplicacy_entrylist.go

@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ func (entryList *EntryList)createOnDiskFile() error {
 // Add an entry to the entry list
 func (entryList *EntryList)AddEntry(entry *Entry) error {
 
-	if !entry.IsDir() && !entry.IsLink() {
+	if entry.IsFile() {
 		entryList.NumberOfEntries++
 	}
 
 	if !entry.IsComplete() {
-		if entry.IsDir() || entry.IsLink() {
+		if !entry.IsFile() {
 			entry.Size = 0
 		} else {
 			modifiedEntry := ModifiedEntry {

src/duplicacy_snapshot.go

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func (snapshot *Snapshot) ListLocalFiles(top string, nobackupFile string,
 								         skippedDirectories *[]string, skippedFiles *[]string) {
 
 	var patterns []string
+	listingState := NewListingState()
 
 	if filtersFile == "" {
 		filtersFile = joinPath(GetDuplicacyPreferencePath(), "filters")
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func (snapshot *Snapshot) ListLocalFiles(top string, nobackupFile string,
 
 		directory := directories[len(directories)-1]
 		directories = directories[:len(directories)-1]
-		subdirectories, skipped, err := ListEntries(top, directory.Path, patterns, nobackupFile, excludeByAttribute, listingChannel)
+		subdirectories, skipped, err := ListEntries(top, directory.Path, patterns, nobackupFile, excludeByAttribute, listingState, listingChannel)
 		if err != nil {
 			if directory.Path == "" {
 				LOG_ERROR("LIST_FAILURE", "Failed to list the repository root: %v", err)

src/duplicacy_utils_bsd.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright (c) Acrosync LLC. All rights reserved.
+// Free for personal use and commercial trial
+// Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
+
+//go:build freebsd || netbsd || darwin
+// +build freebsd netbsd darwin
+
+package duplicacy
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+const bsdFileFlagsKey = "\x00bf"
+
+func (entry *Entry) ReadFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	fileInfo, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	stat, ok := fileInfo.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	if ok && stat.Flags != 0 {
+		if entry.Attributes == nil {
+			entry.Attributes = &map[string][]byte{}
+		}
+		v := make([]byte, 4)
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(v, stat.Flags)
+		(*entry.Attributes)[bsdFileFlagsKey] = v
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_READ", "Read flags 0x%x for %s", stat.Flags, entry.Path)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreEarlyDirFlags(path string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreEarlyFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreLateFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	if entry.Attributes == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if v, have := (*entry.Attributes)[bsdFileFlagsKey]; have {
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_RESTORE", "Restore flags 0x%x for %s", binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v), entry.Path)
+		return syscall.Fchflags(int(f.Fd()), int(binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v)))
+	}
+	return nil
+}

src/duplicacy_utils_linux.go

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright (c) Acrosync LLC. All rights reserved.
+// Free for personal use and commercial trial
+// Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
+
+package duplicacy
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+const (
+	linux_FS_SECRM_FL        = 0x00000001 /* Secure deletion */
+	linux_FS_UNRM_FL         = 0x00000002 /* Undelete */
+	linux_FS_COMPR_FL        = 0x00000004 /* Compress file */
+	linux_FS_SYNC_FL         = 0x00000008 /* Synchronous updates */
+	linux_FS_IMMUTABLE_FL    = 0x00000010 /* Immutable file */
+	linux_FS_APPEND_FL       = 0x00000020 /* writes to file may only append */
+	linux_FS_NODUMP_FL       = 0x00000040 /* do not dump file */
+	linux_FS_NOATIME_FL      = 0x00000080 /* do not update atime */
+	linux_FS_NOCOMP_FL       = 0x00000400 /* Don't compress */
+	linux_FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL = 0x00004000 /* Reserved for ext3 */
+	linux_FS_NOTAIL_FL       = 0x00008000 /* file tail should not be merged */
+	linux_FS_DIRSYNC_FL      = 0x00010000 /* dirsync behaviour (directories only) */
+	linux_FS_TOPDIR_FL       = 0x00020000 /* Top of directory hierarchies*/
+	linux_FS_NOCOW_FL        = 0x00800000 /* Do not cow file */
+	linux_FS_PROJINHERIT_FL  = 0x20000000 /* Create with parents projid */
+
+	linux_FS_IOC_GETFLAGS uintptr = 0x80086601
+	linux_FS_IOC_SETFLAGS uintptr = 0x40086602
+
+	linuxIocFlagsFileEarly = linux_FS_SECRM_FL | linux_FS_UNRM_FL | linux_FS_COMPR_FL | linux_FS_NODUMP_FL | linux_FS_NOATIME_FL | linux_FS_NOCOMP_FL | linux_FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL | linux_FS_NOTAIL_FL | linux_FS_NOCOW_FL
+	linuxIocFlagsDirEarly  = linux_FS_TOPDIR_FL | linux_FS_PROJINHERIT_FL
+	linuxIocFlagsLate      = linux_FS_SYNC_FL | linux_FS_IMMUTABLE_FL | linux_FS_APPEND_FL | linux_FS_DIRSYNC_FL
+
+	linuxFileFlagsKey = "\x00lf"
+)
+
+func ioctl(f *os.File, request uintptr, attrp *uint32) error {
+	argp := uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(attrp))
+
+	if _, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, f.Fd(), request, argp); errno != 0 {
+		return os.NewSyscallError("ioctl", errno)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) ReadFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	if entry.IsSpecial() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	var flags uint32
+	if err := ioctl(f, linux_FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, &flags); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if flags != 0 {
+		if entry.Attributes == nil {
+			entry.Attributes = &map[string][]byte{}
+		}
+		v := make([]byte, 4)
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(v, flags)
+		(*entry.Attributes)[linuxFileFlagsKey] = v
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_READ", "Read flags 0x%x for %s", flags, entry.Path)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreEarlyDirFlags(path string) error {
+	if entry.Attributes == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if v, have := (*entry.Attributes)[linuxFileFlagsKey]; have {
+		flags := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v) & linuxIocFlagsDirEarly
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDONLY|syscall.O_DIRECTORY, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_RESTORE", "Restore dir flags (early) 0x%x for %s", flags, entry.Path)
+		err = ioctl(f, linux_FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags)
+		f.Close()
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreEarlyFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	if entry.Attributes == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if v, have := (*entry.Attributes)[linuxFileFlagsKey]; have {
+		flags := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v) & linuxIocFlagsFileEarly
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_RESTORE", "Restore flags (early) 0x%x for %s", flags, entry.Path)
+		return ioctl(f, linux_FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreLateFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	if entry.Attributes == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if v, have := (*entry.Attributes)[linuxFileFlagsKey]; have {
+		flags := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(v) & (linuxIocFlagsFileEarly | linuxIocFlagsDirEarly | linuxIocFlagsLate)
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_RESTORE", "Restore flags (late) 0x%x for %s", flags, entry.Path)
+		return ioctl(f, linux_FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flags)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func excludedByAttribute(attributes map[string][]byte) bool {
+	_, ok := attributes["user.duplicacy_exclude"]
+	return ok
+}

src/duplicacy_utils_others.go

@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ func SetOwner(fullPath string, entry *Entry, fileInfo *os.FileInfo) bool {
 }
 
 func (entry *Entry) ReadAttributes(top string) {
-
 	fullPath := filepath.Join(top, entry.Path)
-	attributes, _ := xattr.List(fullPath)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(fullPath, os.O_RDONLY|syscall.O_NOFOLLOW|syscall.O_NONBLOCK, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	attributes, _ := xattr.FList(f)
 	if len(attributes) > 0 {
 		entry.Attributes = &map[string][]byte{}
 		for _, name := range attributes {
@@ -60,30 +63,73 @@ func (entry *Entry) ReadAttributes(top string) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if err := entry.ReadFileFlags(f); err != nil {
+		LOG_INFO("ATTR_BACKUP", "Could not backup flags for file %s: %v", fullPath, err)
+	}
+	f.Close()
 }
 
 func (entry *Entry) SetAttributesToFile(fullPath string) {
-	names, _ := xattr.List(fullPath)
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(fullPath, os.O_RDONLY|syscall.O_NOFOLLOW, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
+	names, _ := xattr.FList(f)
 	for _, name := range names {
-
-
 		newAttribute, found := (*entry.Attributes)[name]
 		if found {
-			oldAttribute, _ := xattr.Get(fullPath, name)
+			oldAttribute, _ := xattr.FGet(f, name)
 			if !bytes.Equal(oldAttribute, newAttribute) {
-				xattr.Set(fullPath, name, newAttribute)
+				xattr.FSet(f, name, newAttribute)
 			}
 			delete(*entry.Attributes, name)
 		} else {
-			xattr.Remove(fullPath, name)
+			xattr.FRemove(f, name)
 		}
 	}
 
 	for name, attribute := range *entry.Attributes {
-		xattr.Set(fullPath, name, attribute)
+		if len(name) > 0 && name[0] == '\x00' {
+			continue
+		}
+		xattr.FSet(f, name, attribute)
 	}
+	if err := entry.RestoreLateFileFlags(f); err != nil {
+		LOG_DEBUG("ATTR_RESTORE", "Could not restore flags for file %s: %v", fullPath, err)
+	}
+	f.Close()
+}
 
+func (entry *Entry) ReadSpecial(fileInfo os.FileInfo) bool {
+	if fileInfo.Mode() & (os.ModeDevice | os.ModeCharDevice) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	stat, ok := fileInfo.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	if !ok || stat == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	entry.Size = 0
+	rdev := uint64(stat.Rdev)
+	entry.StartChunk = int(rdev & 0xFFFFFFFF)
+	entry.StartOffset = int(rdev >> 32)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreSpecial(fullPath string) error {
+	if entry.Mode & uint32(os.ModeDevice | os.ModeCharDevice) != 0 {
+		mode := entry.Mode & uint32(fileModeMask)
+		if entry.Mode & uint32(os.ModeCharDevice) != 0 {
+			mode |= syscall.S_IFCHR
+		} else {
+			mode |= syscall.S_IFBLK
+		}
+		rdev := uint64(entry.StartChunk) | uint64(entry.StartOffset) << 32
+		return syscall.Mknod(fullPath, mode, int(rdev))
+	} else if entry.Mode & uint32(os.ModeNamedPipe) != 0 {
+		return syscall.Mkfifo(fullPath, uint32(entry.Mode))
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func joinPath(components ...string) string {

src/duplicacy_utils_posix.go

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Free for personal use and commercial trial
 // Commercial use requires per-user licenses available from https://duplicacy.com
 
-//go:build freebsd || netbsd || linux || solaris
-// +build freebsd netbsd linux solaris
+//go:build freebsd || netbsd || solaris
+// +build freebsd netbsd solaris
 
 package duplicacy
 

src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go

@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ func (entry *Entry) SetAttributesToFile(fullPath string) {
 
 }
 
+func (entry *Entry) ReadDeviceNode(fileInfo os.FileInfo) bool {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreSpecial(fullPath string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 func joinPath(components ...string) string {
 
 	combinedPath := `\\?\` + filepath.Join(components...)
@@ -132,6 +140,18 @@ func SplitDir(fullPath string) (dir string, file string) {
 	return fullPath[:i+1], fullPath[i+1:]
 }
 
-func excludedByAttribute(attributes map[string][]byte) bool {
-	return false
+func (entry *Entry) ReadFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreEarlyDirFlags(path string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreEarlyFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (entry *Entry) RestoreLateFileFlags(f *os.File) error {
+	return nil
 }