On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:12:40 -0800 Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files > on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. > I think I want to match only the name, creation date & file size. The > eSATA drive needs to be vfat due to limitations of the audio/video > device it will be plugged into. You will have problems if you try to rsync a maildir folder: stefan@g128 .maildir % ls -l cur total 12772 -rw------- 1 stefan stefan 6177 27. Jul 2011 1311745926.M692969P7969.g128,S=6177,W=6324:2,RS The : in the filename will throw *fat as well as ntfs. At least it did when I tried it here last time. The devil's in the details, as always. s.
