Re: Rsync and --protect-decmpfs

2018-04-13 Thread Rainer Müller
Please keep the discussion on the mailing list by using Reply All. On 2018-04-13 13:10, Christopher Stone wrote: > On 04/13/2018, at 05:33, Rainer Müller > wrote: >> I think you are talking about the hfs-compression.diff patch. We used >> to

Re: Rsync and --protect-decmpfs

2018-04-13 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
AFAIK, that option is specific to HFS+ with compression, preserving an associated extended attribute; but it preserves it even if the receiving end doesn't know what to do with it properly (whatever that is); so I'd want the destination system to be as new or newer, to be reasonably sure it

Re: Rsync and --protect-decmpfs

2018-04-13 Thread Rainer Müller
On 2018-04-13 11:05, Christopher Stone wrote: > 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

Rsync and --protect-decmpfs

2018-04-13 Thread Christopher Stone
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