Setting Copy Destination Options

The Copy Destination Options dialog controls the behavior of the destination resources during a copy operation.

To define copy destination options:

1. Open the Copy Destination Options dialog box by doing one of the following:
   • Right-click the Enterprise name or icon to display a context menu. Then select Set Destination Options.
   • From the menu toolbar, select Copy > Set Destination Options.
   • On the task panel, click Set Destination Options. The Copy Destination Options dialog box appears.
2. Complete the Copy Destination Options dialog box as needed.

An explanation of each field and the available choices follows:

• Existing File Handling

  Tells DPX how to behave if it finds a file at the destination with the same name as the file that it is restoring.

Skip Existing Files and Directories	Does not write over the existing file or directory if it has the same name as the one being restored.
Replace Existing Files	Restores the file to a temporary file, ensures that the restore is successful, and then writes over the existing file with the like-named file being restored.
Replace Existing Files and Directories	For existing directories, restores directory characteristics only, such as date, time, and owner. For existing files, restores file to a temporary file, ensures that the restore is successful, then writes over the existing file with the like-named file being restored.
Delete Existing Files Before Restore	Deletes the existing file before restoring the like-named file. Use this option when disk space limitations prohibit using Replace Files.
Rename Restored Files	Renames the file being restored to a name derived from the existing file. On NTFS and UNIX, DPX appends .R01 to the filename. If filename.R01 exists, DPX uses .R02 and so on. On FAT, a file extension of R01 is used. For example, file ABCD.TXT is restored as ABCD.R01. If ABCD.R01 exists, ABCD.R02 is used, and so on.

• Destination Path

  Destination Path determines whether DPX retains the original tree structure when you restore to a new location.

Absolute Path	Retains the original tree structure. For example, if on a Windows machine you backed up C:\NewPrjs\Dev\Bin, and restore to C:\NewPrjs\Test, the absolute destination path is C:\NewPrjs\Test\NewPrjs\Dev\Bin.
Relative Path	Removes the parent directories and puts the file in the new restore directory. For example, if on a Windows machine you backed up C:\NewPrjs\Dev\Bin, and restore to C:\NewPrjs\Test, the relative destination path is C:\NewPrjs\Test\Bin.

• Restore Security

  Determines whether DPX restores security information associated with each file or folder.

Yes	Restores security information. Yes is the default.
No	Security information in the restore destination directories does not get overwritten as the result of a restore job.

The Restore Security option applies to the following items:

• Windows NTFS – Security in Properties
• UNIX and Linux – Access Control List (ACL)
• NetWare, OES NetWare, or OES Linux using NSS file system – Trustee