Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:34:37 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070129233437.GA3873@ayn.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <9224889D-C2AA-4B7A-B6F1-2C6DFAE336E6@netmusician.org> References: <aab166ce0701261310y2b6b6855o42ce8f426b04d42d@mail.gmail.com> <D0C14991-3F99-4207-A6D7-D2DE5DC1F1A3@lafn.org> <aab166ce0701261428x678045cal2ffb6bea3ced2ddb@mail.gmail.com> <9224889D-C2AA-4B7A-B6F1-2C6DFAE336E6@netmusician.org>
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On Mon, Jan 29, 2007, Joe Auty wrote: >I've heard of many people having problems with RsyncX and the version >of rsync included in OS X crapping out and being unreliable. > >RsyncX and the patched rsync (the former being a GUI for the CLI >rsync) that ships with OS X attempts to preserve resource forks and >other file metadata (a lot of it from the OS 9 era where this stuff >mattered). If you don't care at all about these attributes (I don't), >I would recommend building a copy of the stock rsync from Macports, >similar to FreeBSD ports in design: http://www.macports.org The resource forks matter to some OS X software, in particular the Reunion 8 genealogy program (which may also have issues when run on case sensitive file systems). Reunion is the only OS X program I personally use where this has been an issue (resource forks, not case insensitivity problems). Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough. -- H.L. Mencken, ``Minority Report''
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