Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:41:19 -0500 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RSYNC changes file name Message-ID: <fc021973fb393143cd871a82e4bb4bf7.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <mailman.92.1548849603.98236.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.92.1548849603.98236.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, January 29, 2019 18:27, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
> That makes sense. My instinct would be to create archives instead, and
> the archiving program (say, tar or zip) would be comparing filenames
> without the filesystem format getting in the way, so update operations
> (-u for both programs, if my recall holds) would work without
> unnecessary updates. Still preserves the accessible-from-any-platform
> criterion, but doesn't require any custom functionality.
>
>
However, to access the archived data requires the use of a specific
application which may not be available. It is true that recent
versions of MS Windows and OSX have ZIP capability built-in so perhaps
that is the way to go. I will have to consider that option.
Regards,
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