Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:32:57 +0100 From: Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RSYNC changes file name Message-ID: <83ca411b-a9f4-b298-631e-1a4c8a70a423@rail.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <6505fe1d48e61076b6930f9a992051d7.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <9aaa35912b122e88e667e7516ba6a865.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <6505fe1d48e61076b6930f9a992051d7.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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Le 29/01/2019 à 18:31, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions a écrit : > > On Tue, January 29, 2019 09:36, James B. Byrne wrote: >> I am using rsync to backup a cyrus-imap maildir tree. Messages are >> stored in the maildir with files names consisting of a number followed >> by a trailing dot. For example '12345,' My problem is that when >> rsync copies the files from the maildir to the backup device the file >> names that it creates on the target lack the tailing dot. So the >> message '12345.' becomes '12345' on the target. >> > Further testing reveals that this anomaly does not happen when the > rsync target is on the system HDD. It does happen when the target is > a USB flash memory drive. > What is the filesystem of your USB drive ? if it is FAT, the . is a special separator between name and extension and so your file is 12345 without extension. I do not know about NTFS in this respect
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