OS X 10.4.6 (BSD)
I was using the 'standard' versions (i.e. non-HFS supporting) of
rsync with the backup -b option so that I could do nightly
incrementals. This seemed to be running fine. Changes to existing
backed up files got copied to the appropriate path(s) on the target.
BUDIR=myDirectoryName
time /usr/local/bin/rsync -a -b --suffix=# --backup-dir=$BUDIR /
Users /Volumes/nephron
However, when I started using a version (2.6.0 protocol version 27)
supporting HFS and choosing the extended attributes option, the sync
works, but the copy to the backup directories doesn't work unless the
path is already there.
time /usr/local/bin/rsync -eahfs -a -b --suffix=# --backup-dir=
$BUDIR /Users /Volumes/nephron
That is, it appears that the non-HFS version creates the backup
directory path if needed, but the HFS-supporting version does not
automatically create the path. However, if the path is already
there, the non-HFS version does make a good copy.
Anyone else seen this? Any suggested workarounds?
Thanks
