On Feb 22, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
> > I hope folks don't mind if I ask a Unix-y question. I've grown fond of > using rsync to keep my iTunes collection synced across various Macs. I > just point rsync at my Linux server, and push or pull the iTunes > material depending on which I need. The problem I've noticed is that > rsync insists on touching every single file, whether or not it needs > to be synced. I've read on Bombich's site that is due to a bug in > Apple's version of rsync, and they recommend recompiling rsync on each > Mac you want to update. Needless to say, that's a rather tedious fix. One-time tediousness (download, ./configure, make, sudo make install is all it takes, no tweaking or anything) , and if you use MacPorts, hardly tedious at all. (port rsync) > Are there any command line options I can use with rsync to work around > the problem? If you can mount the linux server as a smb share, 'rsync -av <source dir> <destination dir>' does not do the kinds of things you're talking about, I think. I have someone backing up their documents from their documents directory to their user share on the server (a smb share wit a Win2k3 fie server) vi a local directory transfer and looking at the timestamps on the files on the server they're not being changed. I do know that her sync goes very quickly when she hasn't made many changes certainly quicker than it would if it was in fact touching every file. I've read of lots of issues between rsync and OS X metadata, in this case I'm not using that command (which is -e, iirc) since these are all Word, Powerpoint or Excel files, for which it doesn't matter if metadata is transferred. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
