From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 30 01:17:42 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 5CD9816A400 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoot.lafn.org (zoot.lafn.ORG [206.117.18.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E6113C4AA for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (pool-71-109-167-24.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.109.167.24]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoot.lafn.org (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l0U1Hb11074318 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:17:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) In-Reply-To: <9224889D-C2AA-4B7A-B6F1-2C6DFAE336E6@netmusician.org> References: <9224889D-C2AA-4B7A-B6F1-2C6DFAE336E6@netmusician.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <708A1B55-B871-4085-941B-520C110E7055@lafn.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Doug Hardie Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:17:32 -0800 To: Joe Auty X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/2501/Mon Jan 29 11:34:50 2007 on zoot.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Gable Barber , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sorta OT - Backup solutions Mac to FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:17:42 -0000 On Jan 29, 2007, at 14:00, 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 > > Here is a partial (or possibly complete) list of file metadata that > I believe would be lost by using the stock rsync in OS X: > > - get info/Finder comments (this has been replaced with Spotlight > comments in 10.4 which are saved to the Spotlight DB, not as file > metadata) > > - application associations for files without file extensions > > - application associations for many OS 9 files, since OS 9 did not > force file extensions and many users didn't bother with them > > - custom icons pasted on I have heard that also. However, I have been using it for backups for about 3 years now and every time the backup disk boots and everything I check works normally.