Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-20 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:12:40 -0800 Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. I think I want to match only the name, creation date file size. The

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-20 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 01:31:38PM +0100, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: Hi, I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. You will have problems if you try to rsync a maildir folder: stefan@g128

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-20 Thread Michael Trausch
Actually, NTFS uses the colon, too, for identifying alternate data streams... Remember, kids, NTFS is a database, not a file system. It is therefore quite convoluted. -- Sent from my Ice Cream Sandwich powered Kindle Fire! Pardon any typos... On Feb 20, 2012 11:48 AM, Frank Steinmetzger

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 01:31:38PM +0100, Stefan Schmiedl wrote: Hi,    I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. You

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-20 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 08:57:45AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Anyway, it seems like people answering want to make this more difficult than it was, or answer some question other than what I asked. I have no problem with that - do what you want here in this thread, I'm a supporter - but it

[gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. I think I want to match only the name, creation date file size. The eSATA drive needs to be vfat due to limitations of the audio/video device it will

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread ny6p01
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:12:40PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi, I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. I think I want to match only the name, creation date file size. The eSATA drive needs

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread m...@trausch.us
On 02/17/2012 03:12 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. I think I want to match only the name, creation date file size. The eSATA drive needs to be vfat due to

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread Manuel McLure
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM, m...@trausch.us m...@trausch.us wrote: rsync works just fine with any normal set of options when using any sort of FAT as a destination.  There are, of course, a couple of gotchas:  - FAT has limitations on file sizes.  - FAT cannot store permissions or ACLs  

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread m...@trausch.us
On 02/17/2012 05:11 PM, Manuel McLure wrote: Add FAT considers two filenames that are the same except for case as the same filename to that list. NTFS has the same limitation. I had forgotten about that. FAT is always case-sensitive. While it is possible to change the rules slightly for NTFS,

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Manuel McLure man...@mclure.org wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM, m...@trausch.us m...@trausch.us wrote: rsync works just fine with any normal set of options when using any sort of FAT as a destination.  There are, of course, a couple of gotchas:  - FAT

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:32 PM, ny6...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:12:40PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Hi,    I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. I think I want to match

Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat?

2012-02-17 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: NOTE: To others discussing the various positives and negatives of Windows file systems please note that I had no choice in the matter. The only thing this piece of equipment accepts on it's USB port is VFAT. If you run