Re: Copy file across volumes
Re: Copy file across volumes
- Subject: Re: Copy file across volumes
- From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:08:47 +1000
On 07/28/05, Simon Forster <email@hidden> wrote:
What's the most reliable method for copying files across volumes?
On 29/07/2005, at 4:20 AM, John Baltutis wrote:
I'd use ditto, which does preserve the resource fork.
On 29 Jul 2005, at 05:13, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote:
It can do that but not by default, you must specify that behaviour
with the -rsrc flag
On 29/07/2005, at 5:07 PM, kai wrote:
My understanding is that, as of Mac OS 10.4, --rsrc is the default
behaviour. In other words, ditto should now preserve resource forks
and HFS meta-data information (unless specified otherwise by the
--norsrc option).
Do tell! That's a trick isn't it.
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