diff -Naur cvs/src/baconfig.h my/src/baconfig.h
--- cvs/src/baconfig.h	2006-12-30 17:01:49.000000000 +0100
+++ my/src/baconfig.h	2006-12-30 17:01:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -571,10 +571,12 @@
  * Replace codes needed in both file routines and non-file routines
  * Job replace codes -- in "replace"
  */
-#define REPLACE_ALWAYS   'a'
-#define REPLACE_IFNEWER  'w'
-#define REPLACE_NEVER    'n'
-#define REPLACE_IFOLDER  'o'
+#define REPLACE_ALWAYS        'a'
+#define REPLACE_IFNEWER       'w'
+#define REPLACE_NEVER         'n'
+#define REPLACE_IFOLDER       'o'
+#define REPLACE_ATTR_ALWAYS   'r'
+#define REPLACE_ATTR_IFEXISTS 's'
 
 /* This probably should be done on a machine by machine basis, but it works */
 /* This is critical for the smartalloc routines to properly align memory */
diff -Naur cvs/src/dird/dird_conf.c my/src/dird/dird_conf.c
--- cvs/src/dird/dird_conf.c	2006-12-22 20:47:00.000000000 +0100
+++ my/src/dird/dird_conf.c	2006-12-30 17:30:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@
    {"ifnewer",        REPLACE_IFNEWER},
    {"ifolder",        REPLACE_IFOLDER},
    {"never",          REPLACE_NEVER},
+   {"attributes",     REPLACE_ATTR_ALWAYS},
+   {"attributesifexists", REPLACE_ATTR_IFEXISTS},
    {NULL,               0}
 };
 
diff -Naur cvs/src/filed/restore.c my/src/filed/restore.c
--- cvs/src/filed/restore.c	2006-12-21 13:53:48.000000000 +0100
+++ my/src/filed/restore.c	2006-12-30 17:22:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -383,6 +383,12 @@
                extract = true;
             }
 #endif
+            if (jcr->replace == REPLACE_ATTR_ALWAYS   ||
+                jcr->replace == REPLACE_ATTR_IFEXISTS)
+            {
+               extract = false;	/* we just want attributes */
+            }
+
             if (!extract) {
                /* set attributes now because file will not be extracted */
                set_attributes(jcr, attr, &bfd);
diff -Naur cvs/src/findlib/create_file.c my/src/findlib/create_file.c
--- cvs/src/findlib/create_file.c	2006-12-20 20:48:59.000000000 +0100
+++ my/src/findlib/create_file.c	2006-12-30 17:29:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -135,9 +135,17 @@
          Qmsg(jcr, M_SKIPPED, 0, _("File skipped. Already exists: %s\n"), attr->ofname);
          return CF_SKIP;
 
+      case REPLACE_ATTR_ALWAYS:
+         return CF_CREATED;
+
       case REPLACE_ALWAYS:
          break;
       }
+   } else { /* File doesn't exists anymore */
+      if (replace == REPLACE_ATTR_IFEXISTS) {
+         Qmsg(jcr, M_SKIPPED, 0, _("File skipped. Doesn't exists anymore: %s\n"), attr->ofname);         
+         return CF_SKIP;
+      }
    }
    switch (attr->type) {
    case FT_RAW:                       /* raw device to be written */