On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Andrew Ferguson wrote:
Hi, Some Unix systems (at least the *BSDs and Mac OS X) set the permission bits on symbolic links to "777 - umask" at link creation. This is different from Linux, where all symbolic links are mode 777. This patch changes rdiff-backup's umask temporarily when it creates symbolic links so that their exact permissions are maintained during backup and restore. The patch is against the current CVS repository, but should also work for 1.1.x and 1.0.x versions. Although the permission bits seem to have no effect, I created this patch so that rdiff-backup comes even closer to making a perfect backup on BSD-like systems. It has been tested on Linux, Mac OS X, and during network backup and restore.
that's great! as a FreeBSD user i greatly appreciate anything directed towards improving BSD performance :)
cheers iain
Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Ferguson - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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