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Use rsnapshot instead...
Authored by: dbs on Jan 10, '07 08:19:58AM

I'd suggest using rsnapshot instead of rsync.

Rsnapshot is not as space efficient as rsync, but it will keep previous changes snapshotted so you don't lose a file because you deleted it and then backed up. Rsnapshot is basically just a perl wrapper around rsync so it is quite good.

I currently use rsnapshot with an older version of rsync for HFS, but I'm not sure if the current rsync correctly supports all the extended attributes of HFS+. (Indeed I have good reason to believe it does not support ACLs.)



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Resource fork?
Authored by: googoo on Jan 10, '07 09:23:14AM

Does rsnapshot preserve resource forks? You do this with rsync by using the -E option, but I think that is a Mac OS X-only enhancement. The backup script in the hint does use the -E option and will preserve resource forks.

-Mark



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