From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 29 23:30:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6785D16A404 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:30:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473A813C46B for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:30:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33DC968614141; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:34:39 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 2BDE+7DrTdbQ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:34:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id A1FE76860B90A; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:34:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:34:37 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070129233437.GA3873@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9224889D-C2AA-4B7A-B6F1-2C6DFAE336E6@netmusician.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9224889D-C2AA-4B7A-B6F1-2C6DFAE336E6@netmusician.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:30:25 -0000 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''