thanks... applied to both trees. -dean
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. > > Cheers, > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Ferguson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
