Hey Folks, I'm looking at using rsync for a number of jobs, and figuring out how to use it properly on a Mac to preserve file attributes and dates has been a bit of a chore.
I finally talked to someone I know who wrote a utility around it and got some good advice. Base command: rsync -aAHNvXx --fileflags --force-change --numeric-ids --protect-args --progress --stats <source> <destination> My friend's advice and a few places on the Net recommend using this switch on the Mac: --protect-decmpfs (patch by Mike Bombich of CCC fame) MacPorts rsync version 3.1.3 protocol version 31 doesn't have this option available. How desirable is this option? Is there a way to add the option when building rsync with MacPorts? If so I would expect to see a variant, but I've mostly used default ports and am uneducated about variants. I have't fooled with `make` for quite a while (preferring to let MacPorts do the dirty work for me), but I expect I can make from source if I have to. TIA for any useful commentary. -- Best Regards, Chris
