HI All, I'm new to this rsync world. Please bear with me if it looks odd. I've downloaded the rsync 2.6.9 version and using it to perform backup to my server. My doubt is when i try to copy a file Does rsync is capable of copying the resource forks of that files as well ? Please advise. Thanks in Advance. Janakiram.
Matt McCutchen
2008-May-18 02:54 UTC
Does rsync 2.6.9 works for resource forks in Mac OS X
On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 02:35 +0000, JanakiRam wrote:> I've downloaded the rsync 2.6.9 version and using it to perform backup > to my server. My doubt is when i try to copy a file Does rsync is > capable of copying the resource forks of that files as well ?Since version 10.4, the Mac OS X filesystem exposes resource forks as extended attributes, so you need an rsync that is capable of copying extended attributes (the -X option). A copy of rsync 2.6.9 that includes the xattrs.diff patch can do that, but you may have better luck with a standard rsync 3.0.* version, which has improved and better-tested extended attribute support. For Mac OS X older than 10.4, Vitorio Machado made a modified version of rsync 3.0.0 that uses Mac APIs to access resource forks, but YMMV: http://shared.and.free.fr/rsync10.3xattr_support080211/ Matt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/attachments/20080517/bf5868ec/attachment.bin