Perhaps this site would be a useful reference: http://www.quesera.com/reynhout/misc/rsync+hfsmode/
I've used this patched rsync with some success but have certainly not tested it exhaustively. It is probably not ready for prime time for many people, since it does not have a "restore" option - when rsyncing back to your mac it does not convert out of appledouble back into normal format. this is scriptable, though, i guess. The advantage is that in theory it does not require modifications to the linux-side rsync, since it just tells the other side it has two files, one for each part of the resource fork; it might even "just work" with backuppc. I also came across this: http://www.lartmaker.nl/rsync/ Which might be helpful but doesn't solve the problem of backuppc not working with apple's rsync. On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:46:34PM -0500, Chris Heegard wrote: > Hello, > > I've installed Backuppc on my ubuntu machines and my macs. I would > like to improve it's use on the mac. In particular, I would like a > reliable method to rsync mac-to-mac and mac-to-linux that would > preserve resource forks. I know that apple's rsync function has an > extension: > > -E --extended-attributes copy extended attributes, resource forks > > but this does not work with backuppc. I might note that the apple > tar file does store the resource of a file as a pair: > > filename -> (filename,._filename) > > and that this is the same method that unison uses (which works both > mac-to-mac and mac-to-linux). > > In the meantime, I've written a startup script (/Library/StartupItems/ > backuppc) that I could contribute. > > -Chris > > ______________ _____ > __ ____/__ /___________(_)_______ > _ / __ __ \_ ___/_ /__ ___/ > / /___ _ / / / / _ / _(__ ) > \____/ /_/ /_//_/ /_/ /____/ > > ______ __ _________ > ___ / / /________________ ______ _____________ / > __ /_/ /_ _ \ _ \_ __ `/ __ `/_ ___/ __ / > _ __ / / __/ __/ /_/ // /_/ /_ / / /_/ / > /_/ /_/ \___/\___/_\__, / \__,_/ /_/ \__,_/ > /____/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-devel mailing list > BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ danno -- Dan Pritts, System Administrator Internet2 office: +1-734-352-4953 | mobile: +1-734-834-7224 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
