Hello all, I'm new with rsync on Mac OS X. I'v tried to backup a project directory with the following command: rsync -avu "${source}" "${target}" The problem: files into bundles are copied though they were not modified. Furthermore, the permissions and attributes have been modified. NOTE: bundles are directory displayed as one file with one icon in the finder. Source directory: ordinateur-de-bruno-boissonnet:~/Desktop/dossier sans titre/deuxi?me dossier/Automator/Pass Random Items/build/Pass Random Items.build/ Pass Random Items.pbxindex brunoboissonnet$ ls -al total 72 drwxr-xr-x 12 brunoboi brunoboi 408 Jun 8 17:40 . drwxr-xr-x 3 brunoboi brunoboi 102 Jun 8 17:40 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 84 Jun 8 17:40 categories.pbxbtree -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 172 Jun 8 17:40 cdecls.pbxbtree -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 172 Jun 8 17:40 decls.pbxbtree -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 124 Jun 8 17:40 files.pbxbtree -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 124 Jun 8 17:40 imports.pbxbtree -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 20 Jun 8 17:40 pbxindex.header -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 84 Jun 8 17:40 protocols.pbxbtree -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 556 Jun 8 17:40 refs.pbxbtree drwxr-xr-x 4 brunoboi brunoboi 136 Jun 8 17:40 strings.pbxstrings -rw-r--r-- 1 brunoboi brunoboi 108 Jun 8 17:40 subclasses.pbxbtree Target directory: ordinateur-de-bruno-boissonnet:/Volumes/BRUNOPOD/backup/deuxi?me dossier/Automator/Pass Random Items/build/Pass Random Items.build/ Pass Random Items.pbxindex brunoboissonnet$ ls -al total 96 drwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 4096 Jun 8 17:40 . drwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 4096 Jun 15 14:42 .. -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 84 Jun 8 17:40 categories.pbxbtree -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 172 Jun 8 17:40 cdecls.pbxbtree -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 172 Jun 8 17:40 decls.pbxbtree -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 124 Jun 8 17:40 files.pbxbtree -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 124 Jun 8 17:40 imports.pbxbtree -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 20 Jun 8 17:40 pbxindex.header -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 84 Jun 8 17:40 protocols.pbxbtree -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 556 Jun 8 17:40 refs.pbxbtree drwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 4096 Jun 8 17:40 strings.pbxstrings -rwxrwxrwx 1 brunoboi brunoboi 108 Jun 8 17:40 subclasses.pbxbtree Is it possible to fix the problem? Thank you. Bruno.
Bruno, you do not say what version of MacOS X and what security update you have applied. This is important as there have been many changes in the last few versions, including a cockup with a security update that has been fixed with the latest one, although that should not apply with your options. Also, you might have one of the volumes mounted with "Ignore Unix Permissions". The best way to check this is: vsdbutil -h note that usually you can check if that is set by doing a command-I on the volume to check, but this might not give you the answer in certain cases... Giuliano