From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 29 21:13:50 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE2B14CBE44 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from mx32.harte-lyne.ca (mx32.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx32.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D11A16BA33 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from mx32.harte-lyne.ca (unknown [127.0.32.1]) by mx32.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488096660; Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:13:48 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from mx32.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.32.1]) by mx32.harte-lyne.ca (mx32.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.32.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3mdwK1bRWOCA; Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:13:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (mx32.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx32.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CB1166651; Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:13:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:13:46 -0500 Message-ID: <18bd6c1326e011634c5b548e5cfd94aa.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <20190129214351.2f32c04c.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <9aaa35912b122e88e667e7516ba6a865.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20190129204033.7312742f.freebsd@edvax.de> <10a14c28507feee71572a2573d319fc3.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20190129214351.2f32c04c.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:13:46 -0500 Subject: Re: RSYNC changes file name From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Polytropon" Cc: "James B. 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Byrne wrote: >> Gpart reports the file system is type 12 which I believe is some >> variant of FAT. MS Windows does not permit file names ending in >> either a dot or a space. The filesystem silently truncates the >> offending character. > > Ha, just as I thought. :-) > > If you're going to use the target medium for FreeBSD > only (i. e., you won't access it from "Windows"), why > not initialize it with UFS? There are even tunefs > options that can help optimizing access to specific > media, like USB sticks or SD cards. In fact, there > even isn't a need for a partition table, if you for > example do "newfs /dev/da0" (where da0 corresponds > to the medium in question), and then you can use it > as "mount -t ufs /dev/da0 /mnt" without problems. > Filenames will then correctly be stored. > > Suggestion: For backing up FreeBSD stuff, keep using > FreeBSD stuff. :-) > The resulting archives must be readable on a windows OS. It is a portable backup which may have to be used in situations where any form of *nix will not be available to me. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3