rsync on MaxOS X

Grant Young granty at bellatlantic.net
Thu Jan 6 10:30:42 EST 2005


Rsync doesn't copy the resource forks or permissions properly.  

I think there's a version called rysncx or psync that is tweaked to work
with Mac files correctly.

We had some major problems with this where I work.

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 08:44 -0500, Doug Sweetser wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I am working on a video project on MacOS X, an OS I have not used much
> before.  The data is stored on an external firewire 200 GB disc.  I
> want to back up this info to my own firewire disc, and have a few
> basic questions.
> 
> Does Max OS X come with rsync?  If not, where would I get the
> program.  I want to run a command like this one:
> 
>     rsync -auq --exclude "cache/" /sourcedir/ /newuptodatedir
> 
> Should I use any other sorts of options or --excludes?  Is the way to
> find the /sourcedir path to do ^I?
> 
> Thanks,
> doug
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