Re: Metadata support
Re: Metadata support
- Subject: Re: Metadata support
- From: Boyd Waters <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:32:57 -0600
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On Jun 25, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Dan Shoop wrote:
However copyfile() doesn't seem to preserve *all* the complete,
necessary and expected data associated with Mac HFS[+] files nor
does the ._file mechanism. Specifically symlink ownership, creation
date, and file ID info for Aliases will get clobbered. And there's
also Finder information and Spotlight data stored in the .DS_Store's
And currently (10.4.6) there appears to be no shipping tool that
can copy a file completely. ASR, hdiutil, ditto, cp (and copyfile()
reliant mechanisms) all miss something. Sometimes rather badly.
It would be nice if Apple would at least stuff the creation date in
the ._file under OS X. :(
Wow. Which is why this review of backup software found that only
*one* of all the tools available will preserve all metadata:
http://blog.plasticsfuture.org/2006/04/23/mac-backup-software-harmful/
Is there really no way to copy a file - along with *all* metadata* -
in one operation?
- boyd
Boyd Waters
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Socorro, New Mexico
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