Bug: Backup Show Archive

Question

Hi 
 we are using Eos 2.9.1 Build 17 
 I'm trying to backup our show archive with the menu in the shell. 
 Only shows with the extension .esf are in the backup. The .esf2 shows are missing completly! 
 What do i wrong? 
 Dirk

eos moderator · Answer

Thank you for reaching out. Out notes show that this was solved in 2.9.2 and 3.0 and a quick test seems to suggest that esf, esf2 and esf3d get backed up as well as restored. 
 Would you mind checking again while making sure that the latest version of a file is indeed esf2 rather than esf? Also, was this on Nomad (Mac or PC?) or a console?

eos moderator · Answer

I did some research and can maybe explain what's happening, but it depends on the filename of the showfiles in the missing folders. 
 
 File extensions doesn't matter. 
 Latest is determined from time stamp in file name, not file save date according to operating system 
 Folders aren't being evaluated separately 
 When determining if multiple showfiles are from the same production, only the first word of the showname is considered 
 
 Example: 
 ShowArchive	est 2024-09-12 01-23-45.esf3d ShowArchive	est 2024-09-12 00-23-45.esf2 ShowArchive\hello	est hamlet 2024-09-12 02-23-45.esf ShowArchive\world	est 2024-09-12 00-00-45.esf 
 Latest: ShowArchive\hello	est 2024-09-12 02-23-45.esf 
 In this case you'd see a folder hello being created, but world would be missing. 
 I don't know how the showfiles in your missing folder are labelled, but seeing that the folders have similar names the showfiles might be too similar as well. 
 I have already started a discussion with the team about this and will advise here when I know more.