XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On 18 Apr 2025 17:36:47 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote :   
      
      
   >   Yes, an app on Android - in your case the WebDAV Server - can see   
   > part/most of the *root* file system, but it can't look in the   
   > *app-private data areas*: Internal storage\Android\data, etc.   
      
   Yes. That's the part that initially surprised me when I saw that.   
   The WebDAV app can see more than the file manager apps can see.   
   Even some file managers can see more than other file managers.   
      
   I'd have thought it would be more consistent.   
   As it is, we have to try every file manager to see which is best.   
      
   I just counted mine. I have twenty file managers, in this order.   
   RoundSync   
   MiX   
   ZArchiver   
   Ghost Commander   
   SMTFile Manager   
   MK Explorer   
   FX Explorer   
   Samsung MyFiles   
   Amaze   
   Amaze Utilities   
   X-plore   
   OI File Manager   
   Material Files   
   Files.nbu   
   Files.marc   
   Explorer   
   Simple Explorer   
   Solid Explorer   
   Cx File Explore   
   Dir   
      
   >   So, as your last screenshot shows, you can look into the com.   
   > folders of some apps, but you will find that those are only *built-in*   
   > apps, i.e. the ones which came with the phone.   
      
   Oh. Interesting observation. I hadn't noticed what the delta was.   
   Thanks for that astute observation.   
      
   >   You can't get into the Internal storage\Android\data\com.   
   > folders of *user-installed* apps.   
      
   Yeah. I knew it wasn't everything. But I didn't know what was protected.   
      
   >   So this method is no solution for Android full backup, because it   
   > can't backup the most important part, the user data and settings.   
      
   Agreed. I hope I didn't sound like I was suggesting it for a FULL backup.   
   I just meant you can back up more than what you see in a typical file   
   manager.   
      
   And you can back up using a batch file with the drive letter such as   
    C:\> robocopy P:\  /E /COPYALL   
      
   (Assuming your sdcard, for example, is mounted as drive "P:" on Win10.)   
      
   Thanks for the clarifications. I will agree with anyone who makes sensible   
   statements just as I disagree with anyone who doesn't (which could be the   
   same person at any given time - which I find odd that other people find   
   that even-keeled attitude strange to them). I'm not religious that way.   
      
   If God tells me the truth, I believe it & thank him.   
   If God tells a lie, I confront him.   
      
   What matters to me isn't the person - but what they say.   
   Each interaction is water under the bridge.   
   The next interaction starts the process anew.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)