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...locked directory with an extended attribute. To reproduce: mkdir src mkdir dst mkdir src/dir-with-ea-and-uchg ./xattr-util --set mamma.mia "How about a nice pizza?" src/dir-with-ea-and-uchg cd src ln -s dir-with-ea-and-uchg/ symlink-to-dir chflags uchg dir-with-ea-and-uchg/ cd .. rsync -avNHAX --fileflags --force-change src/ dst xattr-util is a utility that I have found at http://www.bombich.com/groups/ccc/wiki/7ba51/, but any method to add an extended attribute will do. This is the output: sending incremental file list ./ symlink-to-dir -> src/dir-with-ea-and-uchg/ dir-with-ea-and-...