On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 7:44 PM Alan Stern via rsync > <rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote: > > What is the reason for this behavior? Is there any way for rsync to > > preserve these attributes? If not, how can rsync be used to make a > > reliable complete system backup?
> Also, I don't know of any usage of such attributes. (Are you > encountering an actual real-world use-case?) No, this was a theoretical question (thank goodness). I can easily understand that dealing with filesystem-specific attributes might be very difficult. They are going to be different for different kinds of filesystems, and some of them could make rsync's job a lot harder (for instance, if rsync needs to update an immutable file). Still, it was surprising to see that rsync apparently ignores the subject altogether. Alan Stern > In fact I'm glad that `rsync` doesn't touch the immutable attribute, > as such if I know that a certain folder was not touched, (and given > that after a backup I always mark the backup files as immutable), it > can serve as a fail-safe. > > Ciprian. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
