Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:31:40 -0500 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RSYNC changes file name Message-ID: <6505fe1d48e61076b6930f9a992051d7.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <9aaa35912b122e88e667e7516ba6a865.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <9aaa35912b122e88e667e7516ba6a865.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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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.
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