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Re: rsync backup - lost file type (final cut pro files)

At 3:34 PM +0200 6/28/07, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote: 
On 27 Jun 2007, at 03:51, Dan Shoop wrote:

At 3:55 PM -0400 6/26/07, Jesse Palmer wrote: 
Thanks.  I added the -E option and changed rsync versions and this
solved the FCP file problem.

Why do I use rsync?? For backups?? Cause it's a great tool?? I'm not
sure
I understand the question.

You're right, you don't. Since if you did understand the question you'd realize:

A) It's not a great tool

B) it's highly problematic on OS X or any filesystem that's not POSIX-esque

C) It doesn't do "backups" but merely synchronizes directories and files

D) It is metadata lossy

E) It's luck it it's working and not barfing over itself in OS X

...someone else want to continue the long laundry list...?

F) it does preserve metadata if used in the correct version combination (rsync 2.6.9 oven Mac OS X 10.4.9 vanilla or latest security update, 10.4.10 untested but should work).

No it does not as copyfile(), which it relies on, does not properly preserve all Mac metadata.

G) if ACL/ACEs are not required rsync 3.0 (trunk) appears to work with metadata without recurring to copyfile. rsync extends incremental up to the file list building. Warning: it's prerelease. 

It also will miss even more metadata.

I am aware that this is not a developer list, but instead of spitting on a quite decent tool (and this is quite ironic from someone who a few months ago insulted anyone who would complain about bugs in rsync),

That was quite a different matter. That was complaints that related to operation of rsync. rysnc would operate if only the operator knew how to handle it. This didn't mean it still did a "fine job".

why not collaborate in an open source project to make it better? Collaborate means also reporting bugs instead of generic lore.

Because rsync is going to be a lose no matter how you approach it under OS X. Why try to polish a turd?

Plus there will be better methods soon. ;)
--

-dhan

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