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I am backing up files from Linux to a NTFS using rsync. I have the NTFS mounted on Linux via CIFS. I am discovering errors while attempting to backup files with restricted NTFS characters, like : [colon]. For example, I am unable to backup my crucial maildirs, as a colon is encoded in each Linux file path. Is there a solution to rsync Linux file paths with restricted NTFS characters, to NTFS?

.... Dry run without iconv, folder 'B' is reported touched. It looks like it syncs correctly because after a sync with --iconv, I have no dir reported touched anymore. I compiled myself version 3.1.3 for my mac (high sierra). I tried to fix. So far I'm wondering if it's because "need_unsorted_flist" is 1 when --iconv is used, but dir_list global var only keep sorted list. Not sure... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug.

...attachments, or if this is the right place, but here goes. It's a tiny patch at any rate. -- Jonas H?ggqvist rasher(at)rasher(dot)dk -------------- next part -------------- diff --git a/options.c b/options.c index 8b67275..bfcb3e6 100644 --- a/options.c +++ b/options.c @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ int need_unsorted_flist = 0; #ifdef ICONV_OPTION char *iconv_opt = ICONV_OPTION; #endif +int fat_filenames = 0; struct chmod_mode_struct *chmod_modes = NULL; @@ -779,6 +780,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F) #ifdef ICONV_OPTION rprintf(F," --iconv=CONVERT_SPEC request charset conversion of filenames\n...

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10074 Summary: rsync reorders --from-files alphabetically Product: rsync Version: 3.0.6 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: core AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org ReportedBy: nicholas.man at